KYIV, Oct 3 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Wednesday held interventions for $150-180 million to support the hryvnia exchange rate, Head of the Debt Transaction Department at Raiffeisen Bank Aval Yuriy Hrynenko said.

"By 16:30, the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank market dropped to UAH 24.91-24.95/$1… There is a large imbalance between the exchange rate on the cash market and the interbank market – the gap is almost UAH 1. I think that NBU interventions on the interbank market in support of the hryvnia exchange rate amounted to $150-180 million," he told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.