Shafaq News/ The Central Bank of Iraq’s total sales of hard currency during the past week amounted to more than one billion US dollars.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent stated that the Central Bank sold during the past week and for the four days in which the auction opened one billion, 259  million, 432 thousand, and 212 dollars, at a daily rate of 251 million, 886 million, and 442 dollars, higher than what it recorded last week, which It reached 783 million, 749 thousand, and 822 dollars.

The highest dollar sales were on Wednesday, when sales amounted to 257 million, 591 thousand, and 195 dollars, while the lowest sales were on Sunday, when sales amounted to 245 million, 545 thousand, and 947 dollars.

Our correspondent indicated that foreign remittance sales during the past week amounted to 1 billion, 186 million, 593 thousand, and 292 dollars, an increase of 94% compared to cash sales, which amounted to 73 million, 838 thousand, and 920 dollars.

Our correspondent explained that the sales went in the form of cash and transfers abroad to finance foreign trade, while the selling price of documentary credits and international settlements for electronic cards reached 1,305 dinars per dollar, while the selling price of transfers abroad and the cash selling price reached 1,310 dinars per dollar.

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