Gold and currency reserves rose in June by 3.5%.
The increase in reserves contributed to the formation of a positive balance of interventions NBU in the interbank market.
Gold and currency reserves of the NBU in June increased by $ 346 million, or 3.5% – to $ 10.264 billion, according to the National Bank.
“This is due to the formation of a positive balance of interventions NBU in the interbank foreign exchange market, in favor of the government’s revenue from the placement of government bonds Ukraine’s $ 140.0 million and the conversion of the Chinese yuan in the amount of $ 419.2 million,” – said the regulator.
According to NBU, in the past month in repayment and servicing of state debt in foreign currency was paid $ 275.6 million, and another $ 175.7 million was payment to the International Monetary Fund.
“Currently, the volume of international reserves of Ukraine is sufficient to fulfill the commitments and ongoing operations of the government and the National Bank of Ukraine”, – said in a statement.
Foreign currency reserves at the end of June amounted to $ 9.352 billion, reserve position in the IMF – $ 0.03 million, special drawing rights – $ 5,530,000 Gold – $ 906.77 million.
Since the beginning of 2015 (January-June),foreign exchange reserves of the NBU increased by 36.3% from $ 7.533 billion to $ 10.264 billion.
As previously reported, in May of 2015 gold and currency reserves of the NBU increased by $ 287 million, or 3% to $ 9.918 billion.
