Russian c.bank to sell 8.4 bln roubles worth of forex daily in H2 in addition to operations for finance ministry

MOSCOW, June 27 (Reuters) - The Bank of Russia will sell 8.4 billion roubles worth of foreign currency per day in the second half of the year in addition to forex operations it conducts on behalf of the finance ministry, the bank said on Thursday.

For the first half of the year, this amount was 11.8 billion roubles a day. (Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya Writing by Maxim Rodionov Editing by Mark Trevelyan )