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 one billion 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, one billion and 257 million 385 thousand and 826 dollars, at a daily rate of 251 million and 477 million and 165 dollars, higher than what it recorded last week, which amounted to one billion and 143 million. And 53 thousand and 503 dollars.
The highest dollar sales were on Wednesday, when sales amounted to 236 million, 481 thousand and 971 dollars, while the lowest sales were on Sunday, when sales amounted to 225 million, 287 thousand and 25 dollars.
Our correspondent indicated that foreign remittance sales during the past week amounted to 975 million, 611 thousand and 326 dollars, an increase of 91% compared to cash sales, which amounted to 91 million, 774 thousand and 500 dollars.
Mrasna explained that the sales went in the form of cash and transfers abroad to finance foreign trade, while the selling price of the amounts of documentary credits and international settlements for electronic cards reached 1,305 dinars per dollar, while the selling price of the amounts of transfers abroad and the cash selling price reached 1,310 dinars per dollar.
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