Non-residents raise Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio fivefold since year-start

Since year-start, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 24.5 billion ($912.8 million).

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says that, since year-start, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government domestic loan bonds has risen fivefold, by UAH 24.5 billion ($912.8 million), due to the purchase of government bonds in hryvnias, the regulator said.

The investment by non-residents into government bonds, according to the weekly auction results, has grown by UAH 5.1 billion (US$190 million), or by 20%, to UAH 30.9 billion ($1.151 billion).

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The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 4% of their total turnover, while it was below 1% at the beginning of the year.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the injection of non-residents into Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds in 2018 increased by UAH 1.130 billion ($42.1 million), or by 21.7%.

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