Rouble strengthens as Russia says oil price comfortable
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (Reuters) -The Russian rouble edged up against the dollar on Friday following Russia's statement that current prices of oil, the country's primary export commodity, were comfortable.
By 0730 GMT, the rouble was 0.7% higher at 85.50 RUB= against the dollar.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday the current level of oil prices was comfortable for Russia, its budget, and other participants in the market. Supply and demand remained in balance, he added.
Trading in major currencies shifted to the over-the-counter market, obscuring the pricing data, after Western sanctions on the Moscow Exchange MOEX.MM and its clearing agent, the National Clearing Centre, were introduced on July 12.
The rouble is also bolstered by the central bank's recent decision to raise the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 18%, alongside delays in international payments for imported goods due to Western sanctions.
These payment delays have slowed imports in recent months, reducing demand for foreign currency.
Against the yuan, which had already become the most traded foreign currency in Moscow before the latest sanctions were imposed, the rouble was also up 0.2% at 11.80, according to an analysis of the OTC market.
It was down 0.2% at 92.41 against the euro EURRUB=.
Brent crude oil LCOc1, a global benchmark for Russia's main export, was up 0.8% at $80.12 a barrel on Friday, but was set for a fourth successive weekly decline as signs of disappointing global fuel demand growth outweighed fears of supply disruptions.
Reporting by Gleb Bryanski; Editing by Alex Richardson
免責聲明: XM Group提供線上交易平台的登入和執行服務，允許個人查看和/或使用網站所提供的內容，但不進行任何更改或擴展其服務和訪問權限，並受以下條款與條例約束：（i）條款與條例；（ii）風險提示；（iii）完全免責聲明。網站內部所提供的所有資訊，僅限於一般資訊用途。請注意，我們所有的線上交易平台內容並不構成，也不被視為進入金融市場交易的邀約或邀請 。金融市場交易會對您的投資帶來重大風險。
所有缐上交易平台所發佈的資料，僅適用於教育/資訊類用途，不包含也不應被視爲適用於金融、投資稅或交易相關諮詢和建議，或是交易價格紀錄，或是任何金融商品或非應邀途徑的金融相關優惠的交易邀約或邀請。
本網站的所有XM和第三方所提供的内容，包括意見、新聞、研究、分析、價格其他資訊和第三方網站鏈接，皆爲‘按原狀’，並作爲一般市場評論所提供，而非投資建議。請理解和接受，所有被歸類為投資研究範圍的相關内容，並非爲了促進投資研究獨立性，而根據法律要求所編寫，而是被視爲符合營銷傳播相關法律與法規所編寫的内容。請確保您已詳讀並完全理解我們的非獨立投資研究提示和風險提示資訊，相關詳情請點擊 這裡查看。
