Non-residents reduce Ukrainian gov't bonds portfolio by 2%, to US$5 bln

Prior to that, non-residents have refrained from buying Ukrainian government bonds within two weeks.

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says investment by non-residents in government domestic loan bonds has shrunk by 2%, or UAH 2.4 billion (US$96.4 million), to UAH 124.2 billion (US$5 billion) over week.

Prior to that, non-residents have refrained from buying Ukrainian government bonds within two weeks, maintaining a share of investments at about UAH 127 billion (US$5.1 billion).

As a result, the share of non-residents in the market decreased to 15.4%.

Compared to the beginning of the year, the current volumes of non-residents' investment in Ukrainian government bonds remain higher by UAH 8.5 billion (US$341.5 million), or 7.3%.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, non-residents' investment in Ukraine's government domestic loan bonds in 2019 increased by 18 times, or UAH 109 billion (US$4.3 billion) to UAH 115.8 billion (US$4.6 billion).

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