
The dollar rate at Russian auction on Thursday exceeded a psychologically important line of 29 rubles per dollar. At 10:30 Moscow time, the US dollar exchange rate with the calculations of today and tomorrow at a single trading session reached 29.02 rubles.
The last time at such levels was the dollar on January 9, 2004. However, the dollar exchange rate by 11:30 on the ETS with the calculations of "Tomorrow" decreased to 28.98 rubles per dollar. It was at this time that the Central Bank sets the official dollar exchange rate for tomorrow.