The average weighted dollar rate for contracts with "tomorrow" settlements was 25.6742 rubles during Thursday morning`s unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 1.13 kopeks from Wednesday.
The MICEX press service said Thursday that 170 dollar deals, worth $670.565 million, were closed during the session.
The average weighted euro rate for contracts with "today" settlements was 34.9554 rubles during Thursday morning`s unified trading session on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), up 1.72 kopeks from Wednesday.
The MICEX press service said Thursday that 177 euro deals, worth 31.621 million euros, were closed during the session.
Russia`s gold and foreign currency reserves decreased by $0.6 billion, to $406.0 billion, in the week of June 22 - June 29, the Central Bank of Russia said Thursday.
Credit institutions` balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 493.5 billion rubles ($19.2 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 2.7% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
Credit institutions` balances on deposit accounts with the Bank of Russia stood at 862.3 billion rubles ($33.5 billion), up 3.2% from Wednesday.
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