Hryvnia weakens to UAH 27.32 to U.S. dollar on Aug 20

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for August 20 at UAH 27.32 to the U.S. dollar, which made the country's national currency weaken by nine kopiykas.

The official forex rate against the euro for Thursday is fixed at UAH 32.60 per euro – the hryvnia lost 10 kopiykas in value since Wednesday, according to the NBU website.

Regulator's rate

The central bank has fixed the following official forex rates of the hryvnia against key foreign currencies for August 20:

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EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,260.44 (UAH 3,249.73 as of August 19).

Interbank rate

By 16:00 Kyiv time on August 19, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 27.34/27.36 to the dollar, while those against the euro were at UAH 32.63/32.65.

Forex rate for August 19

The National Bank set the official forex rate for August 19 at UAH 27.23 to the U.S. dollar, which let the country's national currency strengthen by eight kopiykas.