Non-residents expand Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 6.9%, to US$2.3 bln

Since the year's start, non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds has soared by 9.5 times, or US$2 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 6.9%, or UAH 3.9 billion (US$149.8 million), to UAH 60.12 billion (US$2.3 billion).

Such an indicator was achieved due to a UAH 3.91 billion ($150 million) increase in hryvnia-denominated securities, which total UAH 58.21 billion (US$2.2 billion) in non-residents' portfolio, the regulator said.

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Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds has soared by 9.5 times, or by UAH 53.77 billion (US$2 billion).

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$43.4 million).

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