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This week, the NBU has already held three auctions on currency sales, selling $33.6 million.

As UNIAN reported earlier, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday fell to UAH 24.05/24.12 to the dollar by the middle of trade.

According to the NBU, the weighted average exchange rate of the hryvnia as of 12:00 was UAH 23.9487 to the dollar, with 41 deals concluded by this time worth a total of $14.10 million.

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After introduction of the NBU restrictions and the allocation of the first tranche under the International Monetary Fund's new cooperation program with Ukraine, the hryvnia had strengthened with the exchange rate fluctuating within a range of UAH 21-23 per U.S. dollar in the past six months.

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