The Russian ruble fell in today's trade against the dollar due to reduced sales of foreign currency after the exporting companies paid their monthly tax obligations to the treasury today and stopped selling their dollars, reports Reuters, quoted by BTA.
In pre-morning trade, the ruble lost 0.3 percent against the dollar to 86.40 rubles, the same against the euro to 93.72 rubles and 0.1 percent against the yuan to 11.56 rubles.
Since mid-July, foreign currency trading has been over-the-counter after sanctions were imposed on the Moscow Stock Exchange and the Russian National Clearing Center.
The ruble did get some support from the Russian Central Bank's decision on Friday to raise the key interest rate by 200 basis points to 18 percent.