KIEV, Nov. 5 – President Vitor Yushchneko assured markets on Wednesday that the hryvnia will not lose much of its value through the end of the year, suggesting the worst was probably over for the national currency.

Yushchenko, at a meeting with Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk and Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, said the hryvnia will not drop beyond 6 hryvnias to the dollar.