Hryvnia weakens to U.S. dollar on Jan 21

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for January 19 at UAH 28.20 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country's national currency weaken by five kopiykas.

The official forex rate against the euro for Thursday is fixed at UAH 34.15 per euro – the hryvnia gained one kopiyka in value since Wednesday, according to the NBU website.

Read alsoDeposits in Ukraine's banks total over US$47 bln both in national and foreign currencyThe central bank has fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for January 21:

US$100 will be quoted at UAH 2,820.35 (UAH 2,815.44 as of January 20);

EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,414.88 (UAH 3,415.55 as of January 20).

Interbank rate

By 16:00 Kyiv time on January 20, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 28.26/28.28 to the dollar, while those against the euro were at UAH 34.20/34.23.

Forex rate for January 20

The National Bank set the official forex rate for January 20 at UAH 28.15 to the U.S. dollar, thus strengthening the country's national currency by four kopiykas.