Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend I. Khalilova / Last week the official rate of the manat against the US dollar, set by the National Bank of Azerbaijan, rose by 0.0005 points or 0.05%. The average rate was established at AZN 0.84672 to 1 US dollar.
Last week the maximum rate of the US dollar against the manat was established on 3 December (0.8470 manats to 1 US dollar), the minimum on 6-7 December (0.8465 to 1 US dollar).
| Official rate of AZN to 1 USD | |||
| 26November | 0,8475 | 3December | 0,8470 |
| 27November | 0,8474 | 4December | 0,8469 |
| 28November | 0,8473 | 5December | 0,8467 |
| 29November | 0,8472 | 6December | 0,8465 |
| 30November | 0,8471 | 7December | 0,8465 |
| Average weekly | 0,8473 | Average weekly | 0,84672 |
As a result of last week's exchange rate of the Azerbaijani manat against the US dollar, established on the basis of results from the Baku Interbank Currency Exchange (BICEX), decreased by 0.0001 points or 0.01%. The average rate was fixed at 0.8445 to 1 US dollar.
Last week the maximum rate of the US dollar against the manat was established on 3 December (AZN 0.8454 to 1 US dollar), the minimum on 5 December (AZN 0.8443 to 1 US dollar).
Deals concluded last week at BEST with transition to currency (T+0) comprised $22.638mln with an average sustained rate of 0.8454 AZN/USD on 3 December, $3,905mln with an average sustained rate of 0.8452 AZN/USD on 4 December, $14.764mln with an average sustained rate of 0.8443 AZN/USD on 5 December, $7.816mln with an average sustained rate of 0.8448 AZN/USD on 6 December and $4.432mln with the rate of 0.8453 AZN/USD on 7 December.
| Official rate of AZN to 1 USD | |||
| 26November | 0,8475 | 3December | 0,8470 |
| 27November | 0,8474 | 4December | 0,8469 |
| 28November | 0,8473 | 5December | 0,8467 |
| 29November | 0,8472 | 6December | 0,8465 |
| 30November | 0,8471 | 7December | 0,8465 |
| Average weekly | 0,8473 | Average weekly | 0,84672 |
| Exchange rate of AZN to 1 USD | |||
| 26November | 0,8472 | 3December | 0,8454 |
| 27November | 0,8459 | 4December | 0,8452 |
| 28November | 0,8465 | 5December | 0,8443 |
| 29November | 0,8458 | 6December | 0,8448 |
| 30November | 0,8456 | 7December | 0,8453 |
| Average weekly | 0,8462 | Average weekly | 0,8445 |
No deal was concluded with USD/AZN T+1, T+2 and SWAP_USD/AZN due to an absence of appeals by dealers. The deal with EUR/AZN T+0 was amounted to AZN 559 035. The average rate was fixed at 1.2421 to 1 EUR.
In this period, the price of vouchers decreased by AZN 1 and made up AZN 15. The duration of allocation of privatization vouchers was extended to 1 January 2010.