NBU strengthens official hryvnia to UAH 24.48 to U.S. dollar on Feb 21

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on February 20 set the official forex rate at UAH 24.48 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country's national currency stronger by four kopiykas.

The Central Bank fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for February 21:

US$100 will be traded for UAH 2,447.77 (UAH 2,452.31 as of February 20);

EUR 100 will be traded for UAH 2,642.49 (UAH 2,648.62 as of February 20).

As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian hryvnia in January 2020 weakened by 5.7% against the U.S. dollar, to UAH 25.03 per U.S. dollar and by 4.7% against the euro, to UAH 27.66 per euro.

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In 2019, Ukraine's national currency strengthened by 14.5% against the U.S. dollar, to UAH 23.69 and by 16.7% against the euro, to UAH 26.42.

The hryvnia's historical low against the U.S. dollar was registered at UAH 30.01 in February 2015.