Central Bank increased the euro by three rubles

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• The exchange rate of the dollar exceeded 53 rubles →

The Bank of Russia set the euro exchange rate at the level of 64,4425 rubles. Compared to the previous day, the European currency has risen in price by more than three rubles, reaching the next historical maximum. The official dollar exchange rate also updated the historical maximum: on December 2 it will cost 51.8068 rubles, 2.49 rubles more than the day earlier.

At the auction of the Moscow Exchange on December 1, the dollar exchange rate was fixed above 52 rubles; By 14:10 Moscow time, about 52.67 rubles are traded. Euro on December 1 exceeded 65 rubles; By 14:10 Moscow time he was at the mark of 65.66 rubles.

A sharp decrease in foreign exchange rates occurred after the fall of world oil prices. In the first half of the auction on December 1, Brent quotes fell to a five -year minimum and amounted to about $ 68 per barrel. WTI oil prices dropped below $ 65 per barrel. The pressure on the cost of hydrocarbons was decided by OPEC at a meeting on November 27 to leave unchanged quota for production at least until June 2015, although a number of analysts expected that quotas could be reduced.

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