Foreign holdings of Ukrainian government hryvnia bonds increased by 6.8% last week

Foreign holdings of Ukrainian government hryvnia bonds increased by 6.8% last week as foreigners joined the government record auction of $1.8 billion in equivalent of bonds on December 15. After nine months of unbroken decreases, foreign participation reversed with a 2.4% increase in the December 8 auction. Foreigners now hold $2.9 billion the hryvnia bonds, or 8.6% of the total, reported the National Bank of Ukraine.