UAH 155.36 million came from the sale of the block of stock at stock exchanges over nine months of the current year in Ukraine, which is UAH 35 million up against the previous year.

The press service of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU) informs about this, the government portal reads.

"According to the SPFU live data, over nine months of 2013, UAH 155.36 million came from the sale of the block of shares at stock exchanges. This is almost UAH 35 million or 23% up against the proceeds from the exchange sales in 2012, when almost UAH 118.6 million came from the sale of stocks," a statement reads.

In total, since the beginning of the year, the SPFU received the funds from the sale of 54 blocks of shares. This exceeded indexes of the record-making year of 2012, when 37 packages of stocks were sold, the largest amount over recent five years.

PJSC processing plant Chervona Zirka became the most expensive object sold since the beginning of 2013, the plant sale brought to the budget UAH 37.3 million.

The proceeds were ensured thanks to the successful sale, in particular, of such enterprises as PJSC central processing plant Komsomolska (UAH 34.2 million), PJSC central processing plant Uzlivska (UAH 24.5 million), OJSC Melitopolgaz (UAH 15.7 million) and a number of others.

Ukrinform