Active dollar, euro growth slows Thurs
MOSCOW. April 4 (Interfax) - Active U.S. dollar and euro growth against the ruble on the Moscow Exchange, which has been ongoing since the start of April, slowed down on Thursday as market players took a cute from the Central Bank's April meeting, which fueled expectations of an easing of the monetary policy.
By 7:00 p.m. Moscow time, the dollar stood at 31.6625 rubles/$1, up 1.85 kopecks over Wednesday's close.
The euro grew 5.25 kopecks to 40.7005 rubles/EUR1.
The bi-currency basket was up 3 kopecks to 35.73 rubles.
The Central Bank raised its official dollar rate for Friday by 32.85 kopecks to 31.7203 rubles/$1, and it raised its official euro rate by 52.83 kopecks to 40.7035 rubles/EUR1.
The dollar averaged up 28.76 kopecks to 31.7155 rubles/$1 in Today deals and up 19.97 kopecks to 31.6958 rubles/$1 in Tom deals. Overall trading volume was $8.944 billion, including $1.933 billion Today and $7.011 billion Tom.
The euro rose 38.08 kopecks to 40.6379 rubles/EUR1 in Today deals and was up 19.11 kopecks to 40.6043 rubles/EUR1 in Tom deals in volume of EUR613.059 million, including EUR204.49 million Today and EUR408.569 million Tom.
The MosPrime Rate for overnight credits rose 5 basis points to 6.24%.
