Non-residents expand Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 10%, to US$2.1 bln

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds has skyrocketed by nine times, or US$1.9 billion.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says investment by non-residents in government domestic loan bonds – according to the results of a weekly auction – has grown by 10%, or UAH 5 billion (US$191 million), to UAH 56.2 billion (US$2.1 billion).

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Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds has skyrocketed by nine times, or UAH 49.9 billion (US$1.9 billion), the regulator said.

The current volume of government domestic loan bonds in non-residents' portfolio accounted for 7.3% of their total circulation against less than 1% as of the beginning of the year.

As UNIAN reported earlier, non-residents' investment in Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds in 2018 increased by 21.7%, or UAH 1.13 billion (US$43.2 million).

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