The catastrophe at the Kakhovka HPP causes a surge in wheat prices

US wheat futures have risen to $6.4 per bushel, up from a more than two-year low of $5.9

The capitalisation of the crypto market has fallen by around 3.97% to $1.09 trillion – CoinMarketCap

Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has lost 4.06% of its value, dropping to $25,715, while Ethereum has dropped about 3% to $1,816

Oil prices are falling as OPEC+ induced concerns fade – Trading Economics

WTI oil futures fell below $72/barrel, erasing all the gains achieved during the previous session on Monday

In May, the total funds raised by the Deposit Guarantee Fund at auctions amounted to over 581 million UAH

In total, there were 38 successful auctions last month

Oil prices are rising after Saudi Arabia promised to cut production by a million barrels at the OPEC+ meeting

WTI surged nearly 5% at the start of trading

In May this year, demand for new trucks in the Ukrainian car market was the highest in the last 15 months – UkrAvtoProm

In May, 955 new commercial vehicles (trucks and specialised) were sold on the Ukrainian market

Investment market digest for the week

Key M&A and macroeconomic market news for 29 May–2 June

The Senate has approved a bill to raise the US debt ceiling

Now the decision has to be confirmed by US President Joe Biden

In May, the SPFU attracted over 700 million UAH at privatisation auctions

48 auctions took place with 339 entrepreneurs participating

Online form developed to assess farm's eligibility for grant – Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food

Farmers will be able to independently assess the prospects of their farm, the main parameters of their project, and the application for receiving a grant

7 agribusinesses received over 30 million UAH in state support – Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food

Under the conditions of the programme, these businesses are now required to hire 30 permanent and 705 seasonal workers

Ministry of Economy: Ukrainian businesses can receive grants ranging from $35,000 to $90,000

Priority sectors for grant support include information technology, engineering, manufacturing, as well as creative industries and services

The Deposit Guarantee Fund has put up for auction on June 6 a loan secured by a functioning shopping complex building and land plots in Kyiv Oblast

The initial price of the lot is 22 million UAH, which corresponds to the size of the total debt under the loan agreement

During the martial law, 27,776 preferential loans amounting to approximately 112 billion UAH were issued – Ministry of Finance

The funds were allocated under the Affordable Loans 5-7-9% state programme

Kyiv Electronmash is expected to be sold for more than 120.8 million UAH

The expected new owner is LLC Inkom Rent