Non-residents expand Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 3.3%, to US$2.5 bln

The current volume of government domestic loan bonds in non-residents' portfolio accounted for 8.8% of their total circulation.

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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 3.3%, or UAH 2.2 billion (US$84.8 million), to UAH 67.1 billion (US$2.5 billion).

Since the beginning of the year, non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds has skyrocketed by 11 times, or UAH 60.7 billion (US$2.3 billion), the regulator said.

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The current volume of government domestic loan bonds in non-residents' portfolio accounted for 8.8% 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$43.5 million).

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