Bank in the mass media

First of all, the last week on the interbank market can be characterised as the period within which the rate went below the UAH 8 / USD 1 level. Broadly, the currency corridor of the weak was within the range of UAH 7.95–7.99 / USD 1.

Investments in gold are getting more profitable than the foreign currency ones as the gold price demonstrates stable increase and the sale and purchase difference decreases. Earlier on, the clients could lose almost all annual profit from the metal because of the significant spread. Now, both the individuals and large companies purchase actively the precious metal bars.

Last week the currency tradings were performed in a nervous mode: the first rate fluctuations occurred on Tuesday when the dollar sale rate on the interbank market jumped up to UAH 8.045 / USD 1 up to UAH 8.08 / USD 1; the second one occurred on Friday: upon decrease of the American currency rate up to UAH 8.01–8.02 it increased sharply up to UAH 8.06–8.07 / USD 1.

In January 2010 First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) completed the process of restructuring of its external debt to 50 creditors to the amount of USD 512 million.

The beginning of the week was characterised by the UAH 8.02–8.05 / USD 1 currency rate quotations; on Tuesday the rate growth trend arose, and on Wednesday the quotations reached their peak level: UAH 8.06–8.09 / USD 1.