Central bank strengthens official forex rate to UAH 26.18 to dollar

On Thursday, May 17, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market by the close of trade settled at UAH 26.15/26.17 to the dollar.

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The National Bank of Ukraine strengthened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 2 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 26.18 to the dollar on Friday, May 18.

The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for May 18:

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US$100 cost UAH 2,618.8814 (UAH 2,620.8170 as of May 17);

EUR 100 cost UAH 3,091.5895 (UAH 3,088.3708 as of May 17);

10 RUB cost UAH 4.2362(UAH 4.2065 as of May 17).

On Thursday, May 17, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market by the close of trade settled at UAH 26.15/26.17 to the dollar.

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 30.83/30.86, while those against the Russian ruble settled at UAH 0.4220/0.4226.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the weighted average exchange rate of the hryvnia as of 17:00 was UAH 26.1888 to the dollar, with 602 deals concluded by this time worth a total of $492.44 million.

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