OREANDA-NEWS. On 27 July 2009 UFC Capital released daily market expectations:

Retail sales are growing in the UK. In June 2009, in the UK, the retail sales surged 1.2% vs. the preceding month. As compared with last June the retail sales surged 2.9%. The food stores sales grew 0.7%, while of the non-food stores – increased 1.6%. The sales of textile, apparel and footwear products this June increased by 4.7% for the first time in three last months.

In the USA the number of the welfare beneficiaries is declining. The number of the US citizens that receive the welfare reduced to its minimum since this April – to 6.2  mn persons during the week, ended July 12. Meanwhile, the number of those Americans, who for the first time applied for the welfare during the week ended July 19, increased  by 30 thousand to reach 554 thousand. We must say that in December 2007, the number of jobs in the USA reduced approximately by 6.5 mn, which is the worst decline since the WW2.

Warsaw stock exchange is put on for sale. The Polish government proposed to sell a 51% stake in Warsaw SE. The potential buyers include New York SE (LSE), and Deutsche Boerse. The Polish government expects that the deal will worth almost \\$4 bn.

Ukrainian stock exchanges again demonstrate decline in liquidity. July 23, on PFTS SE 48 deals were made with shares of Ukrainian companies for the total of UAH 2.0 mn. This time, the trade leader became the shares of Alchevsk Iron and Steel (ALMK) – 15 deals. On the same day 328 deals were made on Ukrainska SE for the total of UAH 5.4 mn. The most traded that day were the shares of Alchevsk Iron and Steel – 56 deals.