NBU strengthens official forex rate to UAH 26.80 to dollar

The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday evening strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate set for March 1 by 14 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.80 to the dollar.

The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for March 1:

US$100 cost UAH 2,680.5516 (UAH 2,694.8185 as of February 28);

EUR 100 cost UAH 3,274.0257 (UAH 3,314.8962 as of February 28);

10 RUB cost UAH 4.7549 (UAH 4.8406 as of February 28).

Read alsoNBU strengthens official forex rate to UAH 26.94 to dollarAs UNIAN reported earlier, on Wednesday, February 28, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market by the close of trade settled at UAH 26.79/26.82 to the dollar.

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 32.73/32.76, while those against the Russian ruble settled at UAH 0.4770/0.4779.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the weighted average exchange rate of the hryvnia as of 17:00 was UAH 26.8055 to the dollar, with 488 deals concluded by this time worth a total of $279 million.