KYIV, Sept 1 - The share of bad loans in the banking system of Ukraine as of August 1, 2017 was 57.99%, which is 0.26 percentage points (p.p.) more than a month earlier, according to data posted by the National Bank of Ukraine.

Ukraine's total loan portfolio in June increased by 0.24%, to UAH 1.02 trillion.

According to the NBU, only state banks for a month reduced the share of non-performing loans in the loan portfolio by 0.43 percentage points, to 72.67%.