The US dollar and euro were trading at yearly highs on the Moscow Stock Exchange and fell on Friday after being updated earlier. It has been reported interfax.
The publication notes that the Russian currency rose slightly in terms of the double currency basket, before the weekend and corrected the data of the RF Ministry of Finance on reducing the budget deficit.
As of 19:00 Moscow time, the US dollar rate was 81.13 rubles/1$. This is 24.75 kopecks below the closing level of the previous auction. The euro lost 23.75 kopecks, costing 88.91 rubles/EUR1. The Chinese yuan rose 1.2 kopecks to 11.81 rubles.
Earlier, on the afternoon of April 7, at the auctions of the Moscow Stock Exchange, the US dollar rate rose up to 83,0437 rubles. This was the first time since April 6, 2022, according to site data. In the morning, the dollar was traded at 82.08 rubles.
On the eve of the auction, the dollar exceeded 81 rubles, the euro – 89 rubles.
Vedomosti wrote on April 5 that the Russian authorities expect the dollar to reach 77 rubles by the end of 2023. According to his sources, this range is fixed in the latest socio-economic development forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development.