Non-residents raise Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 2.1%, to US$1.6 bln

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 35.9 billion ($1.3 billion).

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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 UAH 0.9 billion (US$33.73 million), or by 2.1%, to UAH 42.3 billion ($1.6 billion).

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Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 35.9 billion ($1.3 billion), or by 6.7 times, the regulator said.

The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 5.5% 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 1.13 billion ($42.4 million), or by 21.7%.

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