Ukraine's international reserves grow to $15.5 bln in Feb

Ukrainian chief banker Valeria Gontareva has reported Ukraine's international reserves grew by $100 million in February 2017, to $15.5 billion from $15.4 billion.

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"Our reserves were $15.5 billion by the end of February," she told reporters on Thursday.

Read alsoNBU assets grow by UAH 92 bln in 2016 – preliminary estimatesAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's international reserves in January 2017 shrank by 0.6%, to $15.445 billion as of February 1, 2017.

In 2016, the National Bank of Ukraine replenished its reserves, having bought $1.6 billion on the interbank forex market.

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