Non-residents increase Ukrainian government bonds portfolio by another 1.4%, to US$1.5 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 – has grown by a mere UAH 0.5 billion (US$18.98 million), or by 1.4%, to UAH 39.7 billion ($1.5 billion).

The amount is being reduced for the second week in a row: according to the results of the last auction, it dropped by almost 83.3% from the previous auction and by 90% from that before the previous one.

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Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 33.4 billion ($1.3 billion), or more than sixfold, the regulator said.

The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 5.2% 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 1.13 billion ($42.9 million), or by 21.7%.