NBU buys over US$192 mln since early May to replenish int'l reserves

Since the beginning of the year, the central bank has replenished the reserves by $1.117 billion.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on May 2-24, 2019, bought US$192.1 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

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In particular, the central bank bought $20 million in the first week of the month, $80 million in the second, $22.1 million in the third, and $70 million in the fourth, according to the regulator's website.

The NBU did not sell the currency over the period under review.

Since the beginning of the year, the central bank has replenished the reserves by $1.117 billion, it said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the central bank in April 2019 bought $300 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

Ukraine's total international reserves as of May 2019 stood at $20.525 billion, which was 1.4% down from the figure as of January 1, 2019.

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