KYIV, Sept 25 – Foreign investors showed growing interest in buying hryvnia-denominated government bonds, Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa said Monday.

"We recently conducted a road show where we spoke to non-residents a lot. We saw a large interest to the local market. We see the past six of five auctions that we are on the verge of the large growth of relevant demand," he said at the Ukrainian Financial Forum in Odesa organized by ICU Investment Group on September 21 and September 22.

Butsa also said that competition among primary dealers placed to the rating of the Finance Ministry has expanded.