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Weekly review of Azerbaijani currency market

Business Materials 12 March 2011 15:44 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan , Baku, March 5 / Trend N.Ismayilova /

Last week the official rate of the manat to the US dollar, set by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, consolidated by 0.0005 points (0.05 percent). The average rate was established at 0.79362 manat to 1 U.S. dollar.

Exchange rate of manat to 1 U.S. dollar

28 February

0,7941

7 March

0,7938

1 March

0,7939

8 March

0,7938

2 March

0,7939

9 March

0,7936

3 March

0,794

10 March

0,7936

4 March

0,794

11 March

0,7933

Average weekly

0,79398

Average weekly

0,79362

After the Central Bank shifted to bilateral targeting of the dollar/manat from Jan. 10, 2011, exchange rate of the national has stabilized. Macroeconomic analysis showed that bilateral targeting of dollar/manat corresponds with the objectives of the Central Bank, particularly in influencing the inflation rate.

As a result of last week's exchange rate of the Azerbaijani manat to the U.S. dollar, established based on results from the Baku Inter-bank Currency Exchange (BICEX) increased by 0.0002 point or 0.02 percent at 0.79232 to $1.

Deals concluded last week at BEST with transition to currency (T+0) comprised: March 7 - $14.69 million with exchange rate of 0.7924 AZN/USD, March 8 - no deals were concluded that is why the exchange rate remained to the amount of 0.7924 AZN/USD, March 9 -$1.89 million with exchange rate of 0.7924 AZN/USD, March 10 - $16.69 million with exchange rate of 0.7922 AZN/USD March 11 - $1.73 million with exchange rate of 0.7922 AZN/USD.

Exchange rate of manat to 1 U.S. dollar

28 February

0,7927

7 March

0,7924

1 March

0,7927

8 March

0,7924

2 March

0,7927

9 March

0,7924

3 March

0,7937

10 March

0,7922

4 March

0,7937

11 March

0,7922

Average weekly

0,7931

Average weekly

0,79232

No deal was concluded with USD/AZN T+1 and T+2 due to too few appeals by dealers. Appeals were not received on RUB/AZN and EUR/AZN.

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