MOSCOW, 24 Feb - RIA Novosti/Prime. Rates of USD and EUR to UAH Tuesday continued to update historic highs, despite the Efforts of the national Bank to curb the rapid devaluation of the Ukrainian currency.
The dollar to the closure of the interbank market increased to 32, 0-33, 5 hryvnia on the interbank market against 30, 5-31, 7 million on Monday night. The Euro has risen to 36, 243-37, 935 million on the interbank market against 34, 557-35, 881 million on Monday night.
So, the Courses of these currencies has reached historical highs, rising already at 93% (dollar) and 90% (EUR) once the NBU 5 February ceased conducting daily indicative of auctions in the foreign exchange market to select the equilibrium rate of the hryvnia. For the period From January of this year, the Courses of the main reserve foreign currency to local currency increased by approximately two times each.
The efforts of the national Bank until not succeed. So, the market has ignored the decision of the NBU on changing the procedure of calculation of the weighted average selling rate of the dollar on the interbank foreign exchange market: now for the choice of the course will be used in the contract on the date of the conclusion, and not on the value date (i.e., contract TOD, TOM and SPOT).
first, the NBU introduced a ban on loans in UAH for the purchase of currency. The restriction came into force on February 24, and applies only to legal entities. The NBU has also decided to impose a ban on foreign currency payments amounting to more than five hundred thousand dollars without a letter of credit, confirmed by a foreign Bank With an investment class. Bidders declare possible new initiatives regulator seeking to stop the devaluation of the hryvnia.
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