Oil market
Average price of AZERI LT CIF, extracted at Azerbaijan’s Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli block of fields, was $65.97 per barrel on Nov. 6-10 or $3.45 per barrel more than the previous week.
The highest price of AZERI LT was $66.23 per barrel, while the lowest price was $65.63 per barrel during the reporting period.
Azerbaijan sells AZERI LT via the Turkish port of Ceyhan and Georgian ports - Batumi and Supsa. The oil is supplied to Ceyhan via the BTC pipeline and to Georgia via the Baku-Supsa pipeline and railway.
Average price of URALS (EX-NOVO), exported from Azerbaijan via the Novorossiysk port, was $62.1 per barrel on Nov. 6-10 or $3.29 per barrel more than the previous week.
The highest price for URALS was $62.33 per barrel and the lowest price was $61.98 per barrel on Nov. 6-10.
Average price of Brent Dated was $64.17 per barrel on Nov. 6-10 or $3.37 per barrel more than the previous week.
The highest price for Brent was $64.47 per barrel and the lowest price was $64.04 during the reporting period.
Currency market
The official exchange rate of Azerbaijani manat against the US dollar set by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) remained unchanged last week. So, the average rate was 1.7003 AZN/USD. As November 9 (State Flag Day) was a non-working day in the country, the exchange rate of the national currency against world currencies was not set on that day.
The official exchange rate of manat against euro set by the CBA decreased by 0.0059 manats or 0.3 percent last week. Accordingly, the average AZN/EUR rate was set at 1.9748 manats. The official exchange rate of manat to Russian ruble set by the CBA increased by 0.0001 manats (0.3 percent) last week. Accordingly, the average AZN/RUB rate was set at 0.02885 manats.
The official exchange rate of manat to Turkish lira set by the CBA decreased by 0.0012 manats or 0.3 percent last week. Accordingly, the average AZN/TRY rate was set at 0.4399 manats.
Last week, the price of one ounce of gold increased by 29.9252 manats or by 1.4 percent. Accordingly, the average price of one ounce of gold stood at 2167.2449 manats.
