Oil market
On Feb.11-15, the average price on AZERI LT, exported from Azerbaijan via the Ceyhan, Batumi and Supsa ports to Italian Augusta port, was $120.67 per barrel or $0.87 per barrel more than the previous week.
The maximum price for AZERI LT was $121.09 per barrel. The minimum price was $120.13.
Azeri Light's density is 34.6 degrees API with a 0.14-percent sulfur content.
The average price on Urals (Ex-Novo) exported from Azerbaijan via the Novorossiysk port was $115.61 per barrel or $0.8 more than the previous week.
The maximum price for Urals was $116.13 per barrel and the minimum - $115.01 per barrel.
Urals' density is 32 degrees API with a sulfur content up to 1.3 percent. The oil grade's specifications vary when sold depending on its high/low-quality content.
The average price on Brent Dated was $118.15 per barrel or $0.83 more than the previous week.
The maximum price was $118.49 per barrel and the minimum - $117.47.
Brent Dated's density is 38.3 degrees API with a sulfur content of 0.36 percent.
Currency market
Last week the official rate of the manat to the US dollar, set by the Azerbaijani Central Bank (CBA) increased by 0.0001 points (0.013 percent). The average rate was established at 0.78476 manat to 1 U.S. dollar.
As a result of last week's exchange, the stock exchange price of the Azerbaijani manat to the U.S. dollar, established based on results from the Baku Inter-bank Currency Exchange (BICEX), decreased by 0.0003 points (0.038 percent). The average rate was set at 0.78346 manat to 1 U.S. dollar.
Deals concluded last week at BEST with transition to currency (T+0) comprised: No deals were concluded on Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, resulting in exchange rate remaining stable at 0.7834 AZN/USD, Feb. 12 - $5.536 million with exchange rate of 0.7834 AZN/USD, Feb.14 - $1.859 million with exchange rate of 0.7834 AZN/USD, Feb. 15 -$2.453 million with exchange rate of 0.7837 AZN/USD.
No deal was concluded with USD/AZN T+1 and T+2 due to few appeals made by dealers. On appeals on RUB/AZN and EUR/AZN, appeals were not made.