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Chinese yuan becomes most traded foreign currency on the Moscow Exchange, surpasses the US dollar: report
By Global Times
The Chinese yuan became the most traded currency on the Moscow Exchange for the first time on Monday, with trading turnover in the yuan-ruble pair reaching 70.3 billion rubles ($1.17 billion), surpassing the 68.2 billion rubles for the dollar-ruble pair, according to a report from Russian informational agency RosBiznesConsulting (RBC) on Wednesday.
The report said a total of 64,900 transactions were made using the yuan-ruble pair, compared with 29,500 for the dollar-ruble pair on the same day. The yuan also overtook trading in the euro-ruble pair, which recorded a trading volume of 47.5 billion rubles.
The popular status of the Chinese yuan on the Moscow Exchange remained unchanged on Tuesday, with volume of trading for the yuan-ruble pair reaching 63.9 billion rubles (in total 46,000 transactions), and that of the dollar-ruble pair standing at 59.4 billion rubles (21,500 transactions) as of close, according to a report from China Central Television on Wednesday.
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