The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reduced its interventions in the interbank market by $63.9 million, or 4.9%, that week—to $1 billion 248.8 million, according to statistics on the regulator’s website.
According to the National Bank, during the first four days of last week, the average daily negative balance of corporate foreign exchange transactions decreased to $156.6 million from $217.2 million during the same period the previous week, totaling $626.2 million.
In the retail foreign exchange market, the average daily net outflow decreased to $46.9 million compared to $50.5 million during the same period the previous week, with retail purchases of non-cash foreign currency exceeding sales every day.
The official hryvnia-to-dollar exchange rate strengthened over the past week from 44.9857 UAH/$1 to 44.8526 UAH/$1, although on Tuesday, October 6, it weakened to a historic low of 45.0564 UAH/$1.
In the cash market, the buying rate for the dollar weakened by 2 kopecks to 44.66 UAH/$1, while the selling rate strengthened by 2 kopecks to 45.09 UAH/$1.
