OREANDA-NEWS. May 11, 2009. In March 2009, the volume of transactions at the currency market of Moldova amounted to US 1 billion 205,5 million , increasing by 26,9% as compared to the previous month.

According to the National Bank of Moldova, amount of transactions on acquisition of major currencies for leis amounted to US 484 million and sales – US 721.5 million, respectively.

As compared with the previous month, in March, the amount of purchase of currency for leis increased by 19.4% and sales – by 32.4%. 68.5% of all transactions accounted for U.S. dollar. The share of transactions with euro amounted to 29.5%, with Russian ruble - 1.8%, with Romanian lei - 0.1%, with the Ukrainian hryvna - 0.1%.

As compared with February 2009, in March the share of turnover with U.S. grew by 3.3 points and decreased by 3.1 points with euro.