Azerbaijan’s Sofaz sells $193.9 million to local banks

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund (Sofaz) offered $200 million to local lenders in an auction organized Monday, the fund said.

Of the total, $193.9 million was sold to 28 banks, Sofaz said.

The fund, which buys manat to transfer to the state budget, sold $400 million to local banks last week.

It pledged to continue selling foreign currencies in auctions throughout the year. 
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