OREANDA-NEWS. On May 07, 2008 as it was informed in NBM, the transactions of acquiring major foreign currencies for leis amounted to \\$ 472,9 million, sales – to \\$ 475,7 million, respectively.

In comparison with March 2007, volume of purchases increased by 10,6% and sales - by 10,7%. 56,3% of transactions were registered with U.S. dollar.

Share of transactions with euro made 34,2%, with Russian rouble – 8,7%, with Ukrainian grivna -0,4%, with Romanian lei- 0,4%.

In comparison with February 2008, in March 2008 share of turnover with U.S. dollar increased by 2,3 percentage points, and with euro – decreased by 2,1 percentage points, respectively.