Central bank in Ukraine buys US$223 mln on Aug 10-14

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The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) bought US$223 million on the interbank foreign exchange market on August 10-14.

The central bank sold no foreign currency over the said period, the NBU said on its website.

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Hryvnia rate

The National Bank set the official forex rate for August 17 at UAH 27.35 to the U.S. dollar, which let the country's national currency strengthen by six kopiykas.