Saving hryvnia: NBU sells $55.5 mln in auction Jan 13

The National Bank of Ukraine in the foreign exchange auction today, January 13, sold $55.5 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 $82 million, while the weighted average auction rate was at UAH 27.6486 to the dollar, reads the report.

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