Dollar rises

"The U.S. currency during Tuesday's trading session substantially strengthened its position against the Russian ruble," - says Alex Bank.ru Viazovsky, an analyst at FG, "Kalita-Finans". "It is extremely negative sentiment in the stock markets and falling oil prices below the major milestone of $ 70 per barrel trigger active selling ruble assets and care in a 'safe' dollar-denominated instruments. In addition to the ruble falling and other risk-sensitive currencies. At the same time talking about common causes of decrease in global markets today, we can distinguish the rumors about alerting the army military settlements in the DPRK. The possible escalation of the conflict on the Korean peninsula is certainly a negative aspect for the entire world economy. In addition, investors are still anxiously look back at the euro area, with its fiscal and debt problems. In particular, fears related to financial companies, the European region. So, this weekend under the threat of bankruptcy was the Spanish savings bank (CajaSur), and only the actions of the local Central Bank prevented the collapse of the financial institution. And let the volume of assets "victim" of the bank is very insignificant in the scale of the national banking system, yet the event itself has led market participants to think about sustainability finsektora Spain and the whole region. Against this background, it is not surprising that we continue to observe the traditional exodus of investors in the "quality", ie in dollars and denominated in their assets. The dynamics of the ruble cross rates in the coming days will again be at the mercy of external factors. So, in case of further strengthening of the dollar in the international market and falling commodity prices, we soon can see the quotes of the "American" above the level of 32 rubles. ", - The expert believes. At 16:39 MSK on the UTS MICEX dollar rose to 31.5127 rubles ($ 0.5252), the euro, by contrast, has declined - to 38.5550 rubles (-0.0037).