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NBU net sales of dollars rose for fourth week in row, to $834.1 mln

17 December , 2022  

Net sales of dollars by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) increased for the fourth week in a row, and this time significantly – to $834.1 million from $580.8 million a week earlier.
According to the National Bank on its website, it bought $7.3 million from November 12 to December 16, the same as usual buying volumes during the war, while it sold $841.4 million, compared to $583.4 million a week earlier.
On the cash market, the hryvnia remained at around UAH 39.95/$1 for the week, with a narrow spread.
As we informed, the volume of interventions of the National Bank in November reduced to $1.57 billion from $2.03 billion in October and $2.75 billion in September, while international reserves increased by 10.7% – to $27.42 billion.
In general, since the beginning of the year to December 16, inclusive, the NBU bought $3 billion 250.4 million and EUR111.0 million in the market, and sold $24 billion 829.7 million and EUR1 billion 789.1 million.
Including the purchase of foreign currency has reached $2 billion 593.5 million and EUR111.0 million since the beginning of the war, while the sale – $22 billion 59.5 million and EUR1 billion 789.1 million.