OREANDA-NEWS. August 03, 2009. According to the National Bank of Moldova, leu devaluated from 11.2109 lei for US 1 in early June to 11.2435 lei for US 1 at the end of the month.

At the same time, leu remained almost on the same level against euro - from 15.8074 lei in the beginning of the month to 15.7972 lei for 1 euro at the end of June. In the beginning of the respective month, the MDL’s official exchange rate against Russian ruble amounted to 0.3638 lei for 1 ruble, down 0,87 per cent by the end of the month – to 0.3606 lei for 1 Russian ruble.

At the end of June 2009, in comparison with the end of the year of 2008, leu devaluated against the US dollar in face value by 7.59 per cent, in real terms – by 10.51 per cent. The volume of US dollars sold at the inter-bank market by banks in June 2009 totaled the equivalent of US 81.16 million, down US 37.62 million in comparison with the previous month (in May 2009 - US 118.78 million).

In the reporting period, the amount of transactions effected by the National Bank of Moldova in the inter-bank market, totaled US 14.1 million, while in May 2009 - US46.10 million.