Non-residents raise Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 2.2%, to US$1.6 bln

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 36.9 billion ($1.4 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$33.42 million), or by 2.2%, to UAH 43.2 billion ($1.6 billion).

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 36.9 billion ($1.4 billion), or by 6.8 times, the regulator said.

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The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 5.6% of their total turnover, against the share of below 1% as of year-start.

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 million), or by 21.7%.

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