According to preliminary data, the stock of international reserves amounted to USD 20.632 billion (in the equivalent) as of 1 November 2013.

The repayments on the sovereign bonds (equivalent of USD 108 million), scheduled repayment of IMF loan (equivalent of USD 651 million), and NBU's interventions in the foreign exchange market affected the amount of international reserves.

During the last month, the National Bank of Ukraine conducted foreign exchange interventions in the interbank foreign exchange market in order to mitigate the hryvnia exchange rate fluctuations.

In October 2013, the negative balance of NBU’s foreign currency interventions amounted to USD 297 million.