Rubel slides against US dollar at week’s last trading session
February 7, Pozirk. The rubel has depreciated to 3.3899 against the US dollar at the February 7 trading session of the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange.
The Belarusian currency rose to 3.513 per euro, 4.6362 per 10 Chinese yuan and 3.4534 per 100 Russian rubles.
In the outgoing week (February 3 – 7), the rubel climbed 0.31 percent against the dollar, 1.11 percent against the euro, 0.67 percent against the yuan and 0.35 percent against the Russian ruble.
The Belarusian currency gained 1.73 percent against the dollar in January, after losing 9.32 percent of its value against the dollar last year.
Belarusians net sellers of foreign currency in January
February 7, Pozirk. Belarusians sold $942 million and bought $919.2 million worth of foreign cash last month, the National Bank reported. Net foreign currency sales exceeded purchases by $23.1 million. Last year, individuals sold $12.8 billion and bought $11.1 billion …