Bank of Russia sells foreign currency worth over $41 mln with settlements on June 28
The Finance Ministry said earlier that it would allocate 74.6 bln rubles for sale of foreign currency from June 7 to July 6, 2023, with daily foreign currency sales equaling 3.6 bln rubles
MOSCOW, June 29. /TASS/. Russia’s Central Bank sold foreign currency worth 3.6 bln rubles ($41.3 mln) on the domestic market with settlements on June 28, according to data published on the regulator’s website.
The regulator also sold foreign currency in the amount of 3.6 bln rubles on the domestic market with settlements on June 27.
The Finance Ministry said earlier that it would allocate 74.6 bln rubles for sale of foreign currency from June 7 to July 6, 2023, with daily foreign currency sales equaling 3.6 bln rubles.
The Russian Finance Ministry resumed FX sell operations in the domestic FX market as part of the new fiscal rule mechanism on January 13, 2023. Purchase and sales transactions of foreign currency are carried out by the Bank of Russia on the domestic market in the currency section of Moscow Exchange in the ‘Chinese yuan-ruble’ instrument.