The experts gave their forecast of the dollar at the beginning of may

A slight increase in expected currency.

“In a week the dollar on the interbank market may be trading close to UAH 26.6, and the cash dollar in banks will be quoted about 26.5/26,8 UAH”, – he said.

As recalled by the analyst, this week, the interbank market worked only two days, Thursday and Friday. At Thursday, compared with the previous working day – last Friday – the dollar rose and on Friday slightly decreased.

“In General, low volatility of exchange rate fluctuations suggests stabilization of the dollar near current levels,” – said the expert.

Last short working week delayed the official rate of the dollar against the hryvnia is still decreased, and in other segments of the foreign exchange market increased by 0.1-0.4%.

So, from Friday to Friday the official rate of dollar established by the NBU, decreased from 26.62 to 26.56 UAH UAH (-0,2%). Demand/supply of the dollar on the interbank market, according to the company “Ukrdealing”, during this same time increased from 26.37/26,42 to 26,48/26,51 (+0,4%/+0,3%). The average buying/selling rate of cash dollar in banks rose for the week from 26.40/26,71 to 26,46/26,74 (+0,2%/+0,1%). The spread between the average sale and the average purchase decreased from 1.2% to 1.1% due to the faster growth rate of purchase compared to selling, said a senior analyst at Alpari.

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