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MOSCOW, October 12 The ruble is growing sharply at the beginning of trading against the backdrop of the presidential decree on the sale of foreign currency earnings, according to data from the Moscow Exchange.
The dollar exchange rate for “tomorrow” settlements at 7:06 Moscow time falls by 2.68 rubles to 97.52 rubles, the yuan by 36 kopecks to 13.35 rubles, the euro by 2.72 rubles to 103.78 ruble.
In the first minutes of trading, the dollar dropped to a maximum of 96.46 rubles, the yuan — to 13.2 rubles (minimums since September 27), the euro fell to 102.59 rubles — the minimum since September 29.
The night before, the government press service reported that Vladimir Putin had introduced for six months the mandatory sale of proceeds in foreign currency received by individual Russian exporters under foreign trade contracts. The list includes 43 groups of companies related to the fuel and energy sector, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical and forestry industries, and grain farming.