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Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund sells $50M to local banks at auction

11 August 2016 19:00 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund sells $50M to local banks at auction

By Trend

The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) sold $50 million to 29 banks through an auction held by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) Aug. 11, SOFAZ said in a message.

SOFAZ will continue selling foreign currency through auctions in 2016. The foreign currency is sold as part of SOFAZ’s transfers to the Azerbaijani state budget, which are envisaged to stand at 7.615 billion Azerbaijani manats in 2016.

SOFAZ was established in 1999 with assets of $271 million.

As of July 1, 2016, SOFAZ’s assets increased by 4.6 percent and amounted to $35.1 billion as compared to $33.57 billion in early 2016.

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