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 Ukrainian bonds gained, sending yields lower for the second time this week, after the International Monetary Fund approved a $17 billion loan to help the government settle debts as tension in the east escalates. The yield on the government’s dollar-denominated note due April 20-23 fell four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 10.35 percent at 1:39 p.m. in Kyiv, trimming this week’s increase to 12 basis points. The hryvnia, the world’s worst-performing currency this year, was unchanged at 11.60 per dollar. Ukraine’s UX Index was shut for the Labor Day holiday.

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