Ukrainians in Feb sell $86 mln more currency than purchase

Net sales of cash foreign currency by Ukrainians through the banking system amounted to $86 million in February, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.

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In February, the banks sold $186.8 million of cash currency, buying $272.7 million over the same period, the NBU said.

It is also reported that in January-February, Ukrainians sold $139.3 million more in foreign currency than they bought.

Read alsoNBU: $1.1 bln in monetary investment injected in Ukraine in 2016 As UNIAN reported, the net sales of cash foreign currency by the Ukrainian population in 2016 amounted to $2.48 billion, which was 1.6 times higher year-over-year.

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