In the foreign exchange auction of the Central Bank on February 21 the dollar rose from 1.7352 to 1.7447 manat (0.5%).
The auction was attended by the State Oil Fund. However, due to the opacity of information, it was impossible to obtain information on the volume of supply and demand.
Meanwhile, on 21 February, commercial banks buy the US currency in the range 1.7250-1.77 AZN and sell it in the range 1.825-1.85 manat. -71D-
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