KIEV, Sept. 18 – Foreign investors are leaving the Ukrainian market, and this is a strong factor behind the fall in the hryvnia exchange rate to the dollar, according to financiers interviewed by Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

"Investors are leaving the Ukrainian market, selling shares, corporate bonds and gradually selling state foreign loan bonds. Due to the global financial crisis, access to long-term resources is blocked to the banks, and most economic entities stock up the currency, fearing a deficit in the future," said the director for strategic development of Kiev-based UFC-Capital Investment Company, Serhiy Kulpinsky.