Ruble began in 2015 with a new drop in the dollar and the euro – BBC Russian

• January 5, 2015
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December 31 Bank of Russia set for the festive period – from 1 to 12 January – the official exchange rate at the level of 56.24 rubles, euro – 68.37 rubles

The course of the Russian national currency at the beginning of the first day of trading on the Moscow stock exchange in the new year again fell against the dollar and the euro.

The dollar in the first minutes of trading on the background of cheap oil jumped by 3.3 ruble to 59.35 rubles per dollar, the euro – up to 71.95 rubles.

The cost of the currency basket has increased by 3.06 rubles, amounting to 64.76 rubles.

Subsequently, the ruble slightly adapted: the dollar to 12:10 Moscow time traded at 58.14 rubles, euro – to 69.78 rubles.

The dollar while in the first minutes of trading was at 3.11 rubles above the current official exchange rate of the euro – 3.58 rubles higher than the official rate.

31 December, the Bank of Russia set for the festive period – from 1 to 12 January – the official exchange rate at the level of 56.24 rubles, euro – 68.37 rubles.

Oil: even cheaper

The new fall of the ruble against the background of the new lower oil prices – at the end of trading on Friday, January 2, the cost of Brent crude oil fell to its lowest level in 5.5 years to 56.42 dollars per barrel.

On Monday, oil prices continued to fall. February futures for Brent crude on London’s ICE Futures Exchange by 10:30 Moscow time dropped in price by $ 0.98 to $ 55.44 per barrel.

The price of WTI crude oil futures for February in electronic trading on the New -yorkskoy Mercantile Exchange fell $ 0.97 – to 51.72 dollars per barrel.

In just the past 2014 the dollar rose to 24 rubles, and the euro gained 23 rubles. The ruble fell over the past year – against the background of the events in Ukraine, the sanctions of the West towards Russia and falling oil prices.

15 and 16 December already gone down in history as “Black Monday” and “Black Tuesday”: 15 December ruble collapsed, losing in price again 10%. Left him in a deep “minus” and the RTS index.

In the subsequent “Black Tuesday” ruble lost in the price of another 5%, and during the trade, the dollar “shot” at the level of 80 rubles – a historic low value of the ruble .

Then, the Russian government managed to stabilize the exchange rate, but many experts have expressed doubts as to the sustainability of such a situation.