NBU cuts official exchange rate to UAH 27.87 to dollar

The Central Bank set the following official exchange rates of the hryvnia against leading foreign currencies for December 19:

US$100 costs UAH 2,787.3635 (on December 18, it was UAH 2,763.5063);

EUR 100 costs UAH 3,287.6952 (on December 18, it was UAH 3,262.5955);

10 RUB costs UAH 4.7490 (on December 18, it was UAH 4.6920).

Read alsoBailout for hryvnia: NBU sells $75 mln on Dec 18On Monday, December 18, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market by the close of trade settled at UAH 27.81/27.84 to the dollar.

Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 32.78/32.82, while those against the Russian ruble settled at UAH 0.4709/0.4719.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the weighted average exchange rate of the hryvnia as of 17:00 was UAH 27.8736 to the dollar, with 684 deals concluded by this time worth a total of $507.34 million.