Hryvnia gets stronger against U.S. dollar on March 19

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for March 19 at UAH 27.68 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country's national currency stronger by two kopiykas.

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Official forex rate

The central bank has fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for March 19:

US$100 will be quoted at UAH 2,768.28 (UAH 2,769.78 as of March 18);

EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,297.85 (UAH 3,298.53 as of March 18).

Interbank market

By 16:00 Kyiv time on March 18, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 27.68/27.69 to the dollar, while those against the euro were UAH 33.01/33.03.

Previous forex rate

The National Bank set the official forex rate for March 18 at UAH 27.70 to the U.S. dollar, thus letting the country's national currency weaken by five kopiykas.