Ukraine's central bank spends almost $16 mln to support hryvnia in Jan

REUTERS

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in January carried out foreign currency purchase and sale transactions to smooth out excessive fluctuations in the interbank foreign exchange market, having sold US$15.9 million more than it bought.

In particular, the regulator sold $266.8 million on the market over the period under review, at the same time buying $250.9 million, according to the NBU website.

Read alsoGroysman: No serious hryvnia fluctuations expectedAs UNIAN reported earlier, the central bank in 2017 bought $1.3 billion more on the interbank forex market than it sold.

Ukraine's total international reserves as of January 1, 2018, amounted to $18.808 billion, which was 21% up from the figure reported as of January 2017.