National Bank buys US$34 mln on Ukraine's interbank forex market April 2

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) bought US$34 million on the interbank foreign exchange market on April 2.

The situation contributed to this, as foreign currency supplies from businesses exceeded demand, while the hryvnia strengthened to UAH 27.5 per U.S. dollar, maintaining the trend, the NBU wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

The regulator on April 2 conducted its third transaction to exchange cash dollars for cashless ones, transferring to banks US$241.5 million to replenish their cash desks.

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"We don't fix the rate. We are not planning any forex restrictions and see positive among negative," the NBU added.

As UNIAN reported earlier, the National Bank sold US$76.8 million on the interbank foreign exchange market last week.

Earlier, the NBU was selling US$1 billion for two weeks in a row each, on March 10-13 and on March 16-20.

Since the beginning of the year, the regulator's sales on the interbank forex market have exceeded purchases by US$1.5 billion.