March 14, 2010 - 10:00:47

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) dollar sales dropped to $189.830 million in its daily auction on Sunday, compared to $251.565 million in the previous session.

“The demand hit $25.450 million in cash, covered at an exchange rate of 1,183 Iraqi dinars per dollar, and $164.380 million in foreign transfers outside the country, covered at an exchange rate of 1,173 Iraqi dinars per dollar,” according to a CBI news bulletin received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
None of the 17 banks that participated in today’s session offered to sell dollars.

The Central Bank of Iraq runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday
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