Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 27.23 to U.S. dollar on Aug 19

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has set the official forex rate for August 19 at UAH 27.23 to the U.S. dollar, strengthening the national currency by eight kopiykas.

The official forex rate against the euro for Wednesday is fixed at UAH 32.50 per euro – the hryvnia weakened by 13 kopiykas in value since Tuesday, 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 19:

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EUR 100 will be quoted at UAH 3,249.73 (UAH 3,237.41 as of August 18).

Interbank rate

By 16:00 Kyiv time on August 18, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank forex market settled at UAH 27.25/27.27 to the dollar, while those against the euro were at UAH 32.44/32.46.

Forex rate for August 18

The National Bank set the official forex rate for August 18 at UAH 27.31 to the U.S. dollar, which let the country's national currency strengthen by four kopiykas.