Ukrainians in April sell $356 mln more currency than purchase

Net sales of cash foreign currency by Ukrainians through the banking system amounted to $356 million in April, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website.

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In April, the banks sold $291.7 million of cash currency, buying $647.6 million over the same period, the NBU said.

Read alsoNBU strengthens official exchange rate to UAH 26.48 to dollarIt is also reported that in January-April, Ukrainians sold $686.3 million more in foreign currency than they bought.

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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