KIEV, Feb. 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine will continue supporting the hryvnia exchange rate by smoothing out the interbank currency market, acting NBU head Anatoliy Shapovalov told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

"The National Bank will remain on the interbank market and smooth the peaks," he said.

Shapovalov called for an additional analysis of the reasons for the growing quotations that have been recently observed, because the situation has slightly improved from the view of the foreign trade balance.