Baku, April 9, AZERTAC
The dollar on the Moscow exchange continues to fall. The cost of the American currency for the first time since the beginning of 2015 fell below 52 rubles, reaching to 14.20 GMT mark 51,925 RUB 1,72 RUB below the level of the close of trading on 8 April 2015. This is the fewest since December 26, 2014, when the dollar fell to 51,667 RUB marks
At the same time the Euro on the Moscow exchange fell to 55,933 rubles, which is approximately RUB 2 below level of closing of the trades on April 8. This is the fewest since November 5, 2014, when the Euro fell to 54.9 RUB.
Among the causes of the strengthening of the ruble analysts attribute the stability in oil prices. During today’s trading on the stock exchange ICE futures price for Brent crude for delivery in May 2015 rose to $57.4 per barrel, 3.3% above level of closing of the previous trading session. Note, however, that recently the price of oil rose above $59 per barrel, and the ruble on the price decline has responded growth.
The official Euro fell today on 2,175 RUB. from 10 April it is set 56,5251 RUB Is the lowest since November 26, 2014, when the Central Bank estimated in Euro 55,88 RUB.