NBU's net currency market interventions up 4%, dollar strengthens 0.8% in 2025

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) increased its net currency market interventions 4%, or by $1.41 billion year-on-year to $36.23 billion in 2025, Ukrainian media reported citing a statement on the NBU website.

The NBU sold a total of $36.27 billion and bought $42 million in 2025 versus $34.95 billion and $126 million, respectively, in 2024, the statement said.

The NBU's interventions on the interbank market grew 54.5%, or by $1.57 billion month-on-month to $4.46 billion in December 2025, while the U.S. dollar strengthened 0.46%, or by 19.5 kopecks versus 22 kopecks in November.

In the last three days of December, the NBU almost halved its dollar sales on the interbank market, reducing them by $427.4 million week-on-week to $435.2 million. The hryvnia weakened by 45 kopecks, having strengthened by 40 kopecks the week before.

In the last three days of 2025, the average daily negative balance of forex purchases and sales by legal entities shrank to $87.1 million from $137.57 million over the same period of the previous week, totaling $261.2 million.

On the market of forex exchange operations by individuals, the negative balance contracted to $22.2 million in the last few days of 2025 from $25.1 million the week before last. Purchases of cash forex were larger than its sales for all of these days.

The dollar exchange rate on the cash market followed the trajectory of the official exchange rate, with the buy rate gaining 5 kopecks in total over the week to UAH 41.94/$1, and the sell rate 11 kopecks to UAH 42.40/$1.

The dollar's official exchange rate against the hryvnia strengthened 0.8%, or by 35 kopecks over the year to UAH 42.3878/$1. The hryvnia's exchange rate weakened to an all-time low of UAH 42.4015/$1 on November 26.

The euro's official exchange rate against the hryvnia strengthened 13.5%, or by UAH 5.93 over the year to UAH 49.8565/EUR1, also marking an all-time low.