On Wednesday, October 28, as at the same time yesterday, trading on the interbank foreign exchange market is taking place in a narrow range of 45.58–45.61 UAH. However, the activity of currency buyers has noticeably increased. Seeing that the dollar has been rising for several days in a row, importers who had previously waited came out with applications to buy currency and are ready to take it at almost any price.
At 11:01, the volume of transactions in the Bloomberg trading system amounted to 178 million dollars – 3 times more than yesterday at the same time. The National Bank is doing everything possible to slow the growth and is actively selling currency to everyone who wants it.
The euro on the interbank foreign exchange market of Ukraine on Wednesday is also trading in a narrow range of 50.69–50.72 UAH – about 15–17 kopecks cheaper than yesterday. Nevertheless, the euro reacted to what was happening on FOREX, where it fell for two days in a row – Monday and Tuesday – and dropped to the level of 1.11131 dollars.
The FOREX market today is awaiting the key event of this week – the meeting of the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee on the interest rate. According to analysts, the rate will be left unchanged today at 4% per annum.
