12:34, 14 ноября 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
The National Bank continues to sell dollars on the exchange market to contain the sharp growth of the dollar exchange rate. The day before, the bank held the third intervention for a month, its website reported.
The National Bank sold $ 1.6 million with calculations on the date of the transaction and $650,000 — with calculations different from date of the transaction.
In total, in November, to contain the growth of the dollar, the National Bank has sold $ 24.8 million.
The currency began to rise in price last week. In just seven days, it went up by 90 tyiyn. The held interventions did not yield any results. The dollar is at a high level.
Today, the capital’s exchange offices and commercial banks buy the dollar for 69.6-69.7 soms, and sell — for 69.85-69.9. Nominal rate is 69,7494 soms (growth per day — 0.03 percent).