Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on Dec 18

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for December 18 at UAH 27.82 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country's national currency weaken by eight kopiykas.

The official forex rate against the euro for Friday is fixed at UAH 34.08 per euro – the hryvnia lost 28 kopiykas in value since Thursday, according to the NBU website.

Read alsoFinance ministry borrows almost UAH 51.5 blnThe central bank has fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for December 18:

US$100 will be quoted at UAH 2,781.84 (UAH 2,773.73 as of December 17);

EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,407.89 (UAH 3,380.21 as of December 17).

Interbank rate

By 16:00 Kyiv time on December 17, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 27.83/27.85 to the dollar, while those against the euro were at UAH 34.07/34.10.

Forex rate for December 17

The National Bank set the official forex rate for December 17 at UAH 27.74 to the U.S. dollar, thus strengthening the country's national currency by two kopiykas.