Hryvnia keeps strengthening to U.S. dollar on Feb 5

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for February 5 at UAH 27.89 to the U.S. dollar, which let the country's national currency strengthen by 11 kopiykas.

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The central bank has fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for February 5:

US$100 will be quoted at UAH 2,788.85 (UAH 2,799.50 as of February 4);

EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,345.09 (UAH 3,363.74 as of February 4).

Interbank rate

By 16:00 Kyiv time on February 4, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 27.85/27.87 to the dollar, while those against the euro were at UAH 33.39/33.41.

Forex rate for February 4

The National Bank set the official forex rate for February 4 at UAH 28.00 to the U.S. dollar, thus strengthening the country's national currency by six kopiykas.