Net forex purchases by private individuals in Ukraine reach $0.28 bln in June 2025

MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - The amount of foreign currency purchased by private individuals in Ukraine exceeded its sales by an equivalent of $0.28 billion in June 2025, compared with $0.25 billion in May and $0.97 billion in June 2024, Ukrainian media reported with reference to a National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) statement on its website.

Compared to May 2025, the amount of cash forex purchased by private individuals grew by an equivalent of $11.6 million to $1.796 billion, while its sales decreased by $30.2 million to $1.474 billion, it said.

Purchases of cash U.S. dollars by private individuals in June 2025 amounted to $1.158 billion, down $56.5 million from May 2025, and their sales $1.114 billion, down $41.9 million.

At the same time, purchases of cash euros by private individuals in June 2025 increased by $62.5 million to $577.2 million, and their sales increased by $6.2 million to $301.2 million.

Non-cash purchases of foreign currency by private individuals declined by an equivalent of $11.0 million to $307.5 million in June, while its sales grew by $3.4 million to $347.3 million, thus increasing the surplus on this market to $39.7 million.

Transactions with non-cash forex conducted by bank clients in June saw a decline in both their purchases by $181.9 million to $8.371 billion and their sales by $244.8 million to $6.350 billion in June compared to May.

Transactions between banks grew by $221.8 million to $6.255 billion month-on-month in June, it said.

In June 2024, purchases of non-cash foreign currency by bank clients were up $175.6 million, while their sales were down $411.2 million. At the same time, transactions between banks grew by $614.0 million.

The hryvnia exchange rate on the cash forex market did not change significantly in June 2025 compared with May 2025, while its official exchange rate weakened by only UAH 0.11 to UAH 41.64/$1. June saw a very narrow difference between cash and non-cash exchange rates, and the U.S. dollar cost even cheaper on the cash market on certain days.

At the same time, with the U.S. dollar's decline on the global foreign currency market, the euro again strengthened significantly in Ukraine in June, including the official exchange rate's growth by UAH 1.98 to UAH 48.78/EUR1.

The NBU's net forex interventions grew to $2.961 billion in June from $2.923 billion in May, down from $2.986 million in June 2024.