Non-residents raise Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 5.2%, to US$1.9 bln

Since year-start, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 44.8 billion ($1.7 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 2.5 billion (US$94.8 million), or by 5.2%, to UAH 51.2 billion ($1.9 billion).

Since year-start, non-residents' investment into Ukrainian government bonds has risen by UAH 44.8 billion ($1.7 billion), or by 8 times, the regulator said.

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The current volume of government bonds in non-residents' portfolio reached 6.6% 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 ($42.8 million), or by 21.7%.

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