Iraqi currency auction sales exceed 900 million dollars in a week
Iraqi currency auction sales exceed 900 million dollars in a week
2023-04-22 00:35
Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq’s total sales of hard currency to dollars during the past week amounted to more than 900 million dollars.
Shafaq News agency reporter stated that the Central Bank sold during the past week, during the four days in which the auction opened, the amount of 904 million 354 thousand and 091 dollars, at a daily rate of 226 million 88 thousand and 522 dollars, up by 2.26% from what it recorded the week before that. The sales rate reached 211 million 156 thousand and 980 dollars.
Our correspondent added that the highest dollar sales during the past week were on Tuesday, when sales amounted to 283 million and 45 thousand and 994 dollars, while the lowest sales were on Monday, when sales amounted to 127 million and 85 thousand and 570 dollars.
He pointed out that sales of foreign remittances amounted during the past week to 539,954,091 dollars, an increase of 32.51%, compared to cash sales, which amounted to 364,400,000 dollars.
He explained that sales went in the form of cash and transfers abroad to finance foreign trade, while the selling price of documentary credits and international settlements for electronic cards reached 1,305 dinars per dollar, while the selling price of remittances abroad and the cash sale price amounted to 1,310 dinars per dollar.
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