Hryvnia weakens against dollar, euro after record rise

The official hryvnia exchange rate was set at UAH 25.02 to the dollar on August 1, which was a record in last three years.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Thursday evening weakened the official hryvnia exchange rate by 32 kopiykas, bringing the national currency to UAH 25.34 to the dollar.

Ukraine's central bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for August 2:

US$100 costs UAH 2,534.9919 (UAH 2,502.0755 as of August 1);

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EUR 100 costs UAH 2,797.8706 (UAH 2,790.0644 as of August 1);

On Thursday, August 1, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market by the close of trade settled at UAH 25.38/25.40 to the dollar.

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 28.03/28.05.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the official hryvnia exchange rate was set at UAH 25.02 to the dollar on August 1, which was a record over the past three years.

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