The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) for the second time this year replenished the official gold reserves by 30,000 ounces of gold (31.1 grams), or about 0.93 tonnes, in September, having brought the total volume to 870,000 ounces, or about 27 tonnes.

The value of the gold reserve grew by $41.96 million, to $989.78 million due to the replenishment and a rise in price of gold by 0.8% in September, the NBU said.

At the same time, the value of gold, which is not included by the NBU into its official reserves, steeply decreased in September to $22.6 million from $58.5 million.

Among the NBU's other reserve assets were financial derivatives and loans to nonbank nonresidents, which grew to $500 million in September from $147.56 million in August.

KYIV. Oct 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) for the second time this year replenished the official gold reserves by 30,000 ounces of gold (31.1 grams), or about 0.93 tonnes, in September, having brought the total volume to 870,000 ounces, or about 27 tonnes.

The value of the gold reserve grew by $41.96 million, to $989.78 million due to the replenishment and a rise in price of gold by 0.8% in September, the NBU said.

At the same time, the value of gold, which is not included by the NBU into its official reserves, steeply decreased in September to $22.6 million from $58.5 million.

Among the NBU's other reserve assets were financial derivatives and loans to nonbank nonresidents, which grew to $500 million in September from $147.56 million in August.