KIEV, July 13 - The monetary base in Ukraine grew by 0.2% in June, to UAH 330.4 billion, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

Monetary stock in May shrank to UAH 974.5 billion, or by 1.1%.

Since early 2015, the monetary base fell by 0.8% and stock grew by 1.9%, the regulator said.

The amount of bank deposits in the national currency in June increased by 3.8% (it has decreased by 1.8% since the beginning of the year), to UAH 359.4 billion, which was due to a 6.2% increase in balances in legal entities' bank accounts (a 5.6% rise since the year's start), to UAH 179.5 billion. At the same time, individuals' deposits increased by 1.4% (an 8.2% decline since the year's start), to UAH 179.9 billion. The volume of individuals' deposits in foreign currency without assets stored in insolvent banks undergoing the liquidation procedure increased by 3.2% in June alone, to UAH 165.3 billion.