MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian exporters cut their sales of foreign currency during the first days of April, contributing to a significant weakening in the value of the Russian rouble in recent days, the central bank said on Monday.
The bank also said it had seen a significant jump in interest in the Chinese yuan - which is challenging the U.S. dollar as the most important foreign currency in Russia - with Russians buying 41.9 billion roubles worth of yuan in March, up from 11.6 billion during February.
(Reporting by Elena Fabrichnaya; Writing by Jake Cordell; Editing by Jan Harvey)
Price
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Change
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5d. change
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Capi.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.72 RUB | 0.00% | -3.73% | - | ||
| 0.6666 USD | +0.25% | +0.41% | - | ||
| 0.012 USD | +0.12% | 0.00% | - | ||
| 0.7307 USD | +0.03% | +0.15% | - | ||
| 0.609 USD | +0.10% | -0.46% | - | ||
| 7.297 CNH | -0.07% | +0.11% | - | ||
| 1.071 USD | +0.03% | +0.19% | - | ||
| 1.264 USD | -0.01% | -0.02% | - | ||
