Ukraine’s reserves at nearly $40.4bn as of Sept 1

KYIV: Ukraine’s foreign currency reserves slipped to nearly $40.4 bln as of Sept. 1, the central bank said on Wednesday.

It said in a statement that the reserves were down by 3.2% over the past month due to interventions on the foreign exchange market to sell hard currency. The central bank sold $2.453 billion on the forex market in August.