Saving hryvnia: NBU sells over $55 mln in auction Jan 6

The National Bank of Ukraine in the foreign exchange auction today, January 6, sold $55.2 million to the Ukrainian banks, according to the NBU website.

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The total volume of received applications for participation in the auction amounted to $63.5 million, while the weighted average auction rate was at UAH 26.9768 to the dollar, reads the report.

Read alsoGroysman names condition for hryvnia exchange rate at UAH 18.5 to dollarAccording to the NBU, the hryvnia's average exchange rate on the interbank market as of 14:00 was set at UAH 27.0098 to the dollar, while market participants concluded 412 deals worth $241.9 million.

As UNIAN reported earlier, January 6, hryvnia quotations against the U.S. dollar in the interbank foreign exchange market by the middle of trade settled at UAH 26.90/27.15 to the dollar.

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