On Friday, October 30, the National Bank set the following official rates:
- US dollar – 45.5293 UAH (down 0.063 UAH from the official rate on Thursday, October 29);
- euro – 50.6796 UAH (down 0.087 UAH from the official rate on Thursday, October 29).
Rates were set at 15:30 on October 29 and reflect the following trends:
1. The first half of Thursday's trading session on the interbank foreign exchange market was in a narrow range of 45.54-45.57 UAH on the bid side. The average trade price at 12:00 was 45.5517 UAH – 4 kopecks lower than on Wednesday. At 14:00 it became known that the Board of the National Bank once again raised the NBU discount rate by 0.5%, to 16.5% per annum. This news had a favorable effect on the mood of foreign exchange market participants. The non-cash dollar began to fall and shortly before the close of trading dropped to 45.30 UAH on the bid side. By the close of trading, the average price fell even more, so the NBU lowered the official dollar rate for Friday by 6.3 kopecks.
2. The euro on the international FOREX market, after rising to 1.11695 dollars on Wednesday evening on the announcement of the results of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting, today resumed its decline and fell to 1.11045 dollars, renewing the annual minimum. At the time of fixing, the euro was sold at 1.11312 dollars - 3.7 points lower than on Wednesday (1.11349). Therefore, the NBU lowered the official euro rate for Friday by 8.7 kopecks.
