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US dollar exchange rate fell against currencies

13 August 2007 14:50 (UTC +04:00)

US dollar continued to decline during the first quarter of this year. So, USD is fell 3.3% against euro, 2.1% against ruble, 0.3% against Swiss franc, 3.7% against pound sterling, 2.8% against Kazakh tanga and 8.9% against Turkish lire while strengthened 4.1% against yen.
APA-Economics quoted the National Bank of Azerbaijan as saying the Federal Reserve left a key short-term interest rate unchanged Tuesday at 5.25%.and European Central Bank raised rates to 4% from 3.5%.
30 blue-chip stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 8.3%, Nasdaq Index comprising the 100 high-tech companies declined 7.2%, Nikkei Index of 225 top-rated Japanese companies gained 5.7%, FTSE 100 list of companies increased 6.7%, DAX Index of the 100 most widely traded stocks jumped 20.1%.
The average price of Brent North Sea crude was $63.6, down 4.7% from the same period last year.
The price of gold continued to increase on the world market.
In the early year gold was traded at US$606.9per ounce while the price went up 6.6% to $647.1 at the end of the first half. /APA-Economics/