National Bank buys almost US$478 in two months of 2019

The regulator bought $327 million in February alone, while sold a mere $3 million.

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Forex purchases by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on the interbank forex market exceeded sales from January 2, 2019, to March 1, 2019, when the regulator bought US$477.58 million more than it sold.

Over the period under review, the central bank bought $534.90 million and sold $57.33 million, according to the NBU website.

In particular, the regulator bought $327 million in February alone, while selling a mere $3 million.

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UNIAN memo. The National Bank in 2018 replenished reserves on the interbank forex market by $1.372 billion.

As of February 1, Ukraine's international reserves remained at their lowest mark over the last five years, that is, $20.8 billion.

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