Euro exceeded 69 rubles

The euro exchange rate at the opening of the tender of the Moscow Exchange exceeded the psychologically important mark of 69 rubles. The cost of the dollar came close to the mark of 63 rubles, RBC reports. Subsequently, the euro rolled down below 69 rubles - at 10:49 the European currency was traded at 68.40 rubles.

The exchange rate of the dollar on the exchange at 10:16 rose to the mark of 62.86 rubles. This is 1.14 rubles higher than the closing level of trading on Friday.

The official dollar exchange rate set by the regulator from August 1 is 60.34 rubles. The official Euro exchange rate established by the Central Bank from August 1 amounted to 66 rubles.

Analysts believe that a reduction in oil prices negatively affects the ruble. The senior analyst in Alfa-Bank Gelda of the Soyov, in his morning forecast for the market, notes that the weakening of the ruble is due to the fact that Brent oil prices have decreased by 1.8 percent, to minimal values ​​from February.

At 10:35 Moscow time, the cost of Brent oil on the ICE Futures London Exchange was $ 51.49 per barrel.

"The fall of oil prices was facilitated by the publication of weak macroeconomic statistics in China and the growth of the number of drilling plants in the United States," the Alfa -Bank report said. On Monday, the focus of investors will be published by a large statistics package in the United States, which can have a strong influence on currencies and cost of commodity contracts, the bank's forecast notes.