Cash hryvnia in Kyiv strengthening to UAH 28.85 to U.S. dollar

Meanwhile, forex booths bought the dollar for UAH 28.65 and the euro -- for UAH 35.10, according to an UNIAN correspondent.

The day before, on January 23, they sold the dollar for UAH 28.90 and the euro --for UAH 35.40.

Read alsoBig Mac index shows Ukraine's hryvnia undervalued by 69% – The EconomistRates of the Ukrainian hryvnia against the U.S. dollar on the interbank forex market by the middle of trading on Wednesday, January 24, were set at UAH 28.80/28.83 per dollar. Thus, the hryvnia had strengthened by two kopiykas from the start of trading, a bank dealer said.

Interbank rates against the euro were at UAH 35.62/35.66 and those against the Russian ruble were at UAH 0.5094/0.5105.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported that the weighted average exchange rate of the hryvnia as of 12:00 was UAH 28.8886 to the dollar, with 186 deals concluded by that time to the tune of $97.48 million in total.