The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank foreign exchange market on Wednesday, March 15, strengthened to 26.895 UAH / dollar from 26.90 UAH / USD to the end of trading on the previous business day.
As the dealers of commercial banks reported, quotes of hryvnia to the end of trading amounted to 26.87-26.92 UAH / dollar.
NBU at an auction on Wednesday with a declared purchase ceiling of $ 50 million received applications for $ 33.4 million, of which satisfied for the amount of 25.1 million at the rate of up to 26.9 UAH / dollar.
According to the NBU, the weighted average rate of hryvnia on the interbank foreign exchange market on this day has strengthened to 26.8808 UAH / dollar from 26.9043 UAH / USD on the previous working day.
The trade turnover amounted to 242.32 million dollars, whereas on the previous working day - 196.48 million dollars.
Recall that on March 4, the head of the IMF mission in Ukraine Ron van Rooden said that the IMF had agreed with Ukraine on the allocation of a new tranche of $ 1 billion.
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund on the revision of the program of cooperation with Ukraine is scheduled for March 20.