NBU weakens official forex rate to UAH 26.27 to dollar

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 32.44/32.48, while those against the Russian ruble settled at UAH 0.4770/0.4779.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UAA1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The National Bank of Ukraine on Thursday evening weakened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 26 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.27 to the dollar.

The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for March 16:

US$100 cost UAH 2,627.2654 (UAH 2,601.3978 as of March 15);

EUR 100 cost UAH 3,242.3082 (UAH 3,217.6689 as of March 15);

10 RUB cost UAH 4.6077 (UAH 4.5689 as of March 15).

Read alsoNBU prolongs sanctions against Russian banks' subsidiaries in Ukraine

As UNIAN reported earlier, on Thursday, March 15, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market by the close of trade settled at UAH 26.28/26.32 to the dollar.

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 32.44/32.48, 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 26.2727 to the dollar, with 728 deals concluded by this time worth a total of $516.88 million.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UAA2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!