Non-residents expand Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by another 5%, to US$5 bln

The share of non-residents in Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds market grew to almost 14.2%.

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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 5%, or UAH 5.4 billion (US$231.9 million), to UAH 115.5 billion (US$5 billion).

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The current volume of non-residents' investment in government domestic loan bonds is up by UAH 109 billion (US$4.7 billion), or by 18 times, from the beginning of 2019, the regulator said on its website on December 23.

The share of non-residents in Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds market grew to almost 14.2% 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$48.5 million).

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