REUTERS
The regulator did not sell any currency last week.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on August 5-9 reduced the purchase of foreign currency on the interbank forex market by 66.7% against the previous week, to $156.9 million.
The regulator did not sell currency last week, as reported on the NBU's website.
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It is also reported since the beginning of the year, the purchase of foreign currency by the regulator has exceeded its sale by $2.819 billion, or by 12 times.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the National Bank in July 2019 bought US$1.3 billion on the interbank forex market to replenish the country's international reserves.