. The ruble 2018 fell against the dollar by 17, 5% to 69, 8175 ruble, and the Euro - by 6, 8%, to 79, 99 of the ruble, follows from the results of the auction capital of the exchange.
The price of Brent crude oil for the current year fell by 21, 6%, 66, 87 dollar per barrel to 53, 03 dollars. In rubles the Price of a barrel at the end of the year amounted to nearly 3, 84 thousand rubles - almost the same amount it cost in the previous year.
on Thursday, the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov said that there are no grounds to speak about instability of the ruble.
He said that the main factors which over the recent period of time affect the Rate of the Russian ruble, are punishment and changes in energy prices.
last week at the auctions of the International price of oil Brent for the first time since July 2017 fell below $ 50 per barrel. The cost of February futures for oil WTI were down to 6, 32% to 42, 7 dollars per barrel.
Investors responded as follows to reduce both U.S. and global stock market on the background of the situation with the US budget. The government is not completely stopped work on December 22 due to the fact that the Congress did not manage to agree on a new budget.
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