At the moment, the growth potential of the US dollar against the Russian ruble is almost exhausted, so a correction will most likely occur in the domestic foreign exchange market of the Russian Federation in the near future. So if the Russians want to be on land after the operation, they should sell dollars now, opens The words of Andrey Eshkinin, financial analyst at Prime agency Alor Broker.
The official dollar exchange rate from the Central Bank (CB) on April 13 is 82.09 rubles. The day before, on the 12th, the price was at the level of 82.18 rubles.
The dollar’s growth potential against the ruble is almost exhausted, and a correction will soon follow. If you previously bought dollars with the intention of selling them at a higher price, now is the time to do so, because significant jumps are not expected in the future, unless there are force majeure, ”Eshkinin suggested.
According to him, there has been a significant acceleration in the recent decline of the ruble against the dollar. it was It is connected with the government’s permission to sell the British concern Shell to its own 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project for 94.8 billion rubles. But the effect of this transaction will be short-lived – it is unlikely that the dollar will rise above the 81-82 ruble corridor.
April 13 ruble exchange rate reinforced for the dollar, euro and yuan. During morning trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange, the exchange rate of the Russian currency rose to 81.48 rubles against the American currency, 89.95 rubles against the European currency and 11,827 rubles against the Chinese currency.