Ukraine's central bank spends over $182 mln to prop up hryvnia in Dec

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in December 2017 sold US$182.5 million from Ukraine's international reserves to smooth out excessive fluctuations on the country's interbank forex market, according to the NBU website.

Over the period under review, the regulator sold $232.5 million, and bought $50 million, it said.

Read alsoHryvnia sets new record: NBU's official forex rate weakens to UAH 35.07 to euroIn total, the central bank in 2017 bought $1.262 billion on the interbank market to replenish its international reserves.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's total international reserves as of January 1, 2018, amounted to $18.808 billion, which was 21% up from the figure as of January 1, 2017.