Non-residents increase Ukrainian government bonds portfolio by another 17.6%, to US$1.3 bln

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says the investment by non-residents into government domestic loan bonds – according to the results of the weekly auction – grows by UAH 5.4 billion (US$202.5 million), or by 17.6%, to UAH 36.3 billion ($1.3 billion).

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 30 billion ($1.1 billion), or by almost six times, due to the purchase of government bonds in hryvnias, the regulator said.

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The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 5% 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%.