Saving hryvnia: NBU to sell $100 mln in auction Jan 17

The National Bank of Ukraine in the foreign exchange auction today, January 17, will sell up to $100 million to the Ukrainian banks, according to the NBU website.

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Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Tuesday settled at UAH 27.5/27.6 to the dollar by the opening of trade.

Read alsoUkraine increases monetary base by almost 14% in 2016As UNIAN reported earlier, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday fell to UAH 27.77/27.90 to the dollar by the middle of trade.

Historic lows of the Ukrainian hryvnia exchange rate against the U.S. dollar was recorded in February 2015 at UAH 30.01 to the dollar.

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