Ukraine’s main stock index, the PFTS, rose 80.4% last year “comfortably becoming the top performer worldwide,”

Monday, January 7, 2019

Ukraine’s main stock index, the PFTS, rose 80.4% last year “comfortably becoming the top performer worldwide,” CNBC reports. With the 25% increase in 2017, the PFTS index has doubled in two years, reaching its highest level since Jan. 2012.

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