Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq’s total sales of hard currency to the US dollar during the past week amounted to more than 985 million dollars.
Shafaq News Agency correspondent stated that the Central Bank sold during the past week and for the five days in which the auction was opened, 985 million 596 thousand and 5 dollars, at a daily rate of 184 million 462 thousand and 106 dollars, higher than what it recorded last week, which amounted to 801 dollars, 133 thousand. And $899.
The highest dollar sales were on Tuesday, when sales amounted to 199 million, 829 thousand and 639 dollars, while the lowest sales were on Sunday, when sales amounted to 193 million, 925 thousand and 190 dollars.
Our correspondent indicated that foreign remittance sales during the past week amounted to 776 million, 984 thousand and 105 dollars, an increase of 64% compared to cash sales, which amounted to 280 million, 613 thousand and 900 dollars.
Our correspondent explained that the sales went in the form of cash and transfers abroad to finance foreign trade, while the selling price of documentary credits and international settlements for electronic cards reached 1,305 dinars per dollar, while the selling price of transfers abroad and the cash selling price reached 1,310 dinars per dollar.
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