Ukraine's central bank buys almost US$300 mln in April to replenish int'l reserves

Since the year's start, the reserves have expanded by almost US$925 million.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in April 2019 bought US$299.9 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

Over the period under review, the regulator bought US$321.5 million and sold US$21.6 million, according to the NBU's website.

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Since the beginning of the year, the central bank has replenished the reserves by US$924.68 million, it said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the NBU in the first quarter 2019 bought US$624.8 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

Ukraine's total international reserves as of April 2019 stood at US$20.633 billion, which was 0.9% down from the figure as of January 1, 2019.

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