NBU buys almost US$238 mln in two weeks to replenish int'l reserves

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

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in the first two weeks of June 2019 bought US$237.8 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.

In particular, in the first week the NBU bought $102.7 million, whereas it purchased $135.1 million in the second week, according to the regulator's website.

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

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Since the beginning of the year, the central bank's purchases of foreign currency have exceeded its sales by seven times, or by $1.323 billion, it said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the central bank in May 2019 bought $160.6 million on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves. The regulator bought $203.6 million, while sold $43 million during that month.

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