MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. The Bank of Russia sold foreign currency in the amount of 3.7 bln rubles ($448.61 mln) on the domestic market with settlements on March 5, according to data published on the regulator's website on Wednesday.

The Russian Ministry of Finance resumed foreign exchange sales operations on the domestic currency market on January 13 as part of the new fiscal rule mechanism.

Purchase and sale transactions of foreign currency will be carried out by the Bank of Russia on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the "Chinese yuan-ruble" instrument.