The dollar continues to rise in Ukraine: currency market review

Selling prices for cash dollars in wholesale exchange points across Ukraine are rising again following the increase in quotations of non-cash dollar on the interbank market. In the capital by the end of Monday, the selling rate of cash "American" at wholesalers rose by 13 kopecks compared to last Friday – to 45.13 UAH.

In Dnipro by the evening the dollar was sold at 45.15 UAH, in Lviv – at 45.17 UAH, in Kharkiv – at 45.20 UAH, and in Odesa – at 45.25 UAH. At the same time, in Dnipro the selling price rose by 7 kopecks, in Kharkiv – by 10 kopecks, in Lviv – by 13 kopecks, and in Odesa – by 15 kopecks compared to last Friday.

The difference in price between cash and non-cash dollar narrowed to 5 kopecks. Cash dollar remains more expensive.

Ukrainian banks by the evening of Monday also raised their cash exchange rates. By the evening of Monday, the cheapest dollar was sold by the Kyiv branch of Poltava-Bank – at 45.05 UAH (3 kopecks higher than last Friday's minimums), and the most expensive – Zaporizhzhia Metabank at 45.55 UAH (15 kopecks higher than last Friday's maximum).

Following the cash dollar, the selling prices for cash euro also went up. And even the fact that on FOREX on Monday the euro tried to fall, rather than rise, had absolutely no impact. In Ukrainian banks by the evening of Monday the minimum selling price rose to 50.70 UAH at the Kyiv branch of Sky Bank.