DUSHANBE, October 24, 2014, Asia-Plus – An average market purchase rate of the dollar (USD) against the national currency, the somoni (TJS), rose slightly from 1:5.157 on October 17to 1:5.164 on October 24, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan.

Tajik central bank notes that today the highest market purchase rate between USD and TJS has been reported in the cities of Qurghon Teppa and Khujand – 1:5.2

In Khujand, the capital of Sughd province the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.195 on October 17 to 1:5.2 on October 24.

In Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.18 on October 17 to 1:5.2 on October 24.

In Dushanbe, the market exchange rate between USD and TJS rose from 1:5.18 on October 17 to 1:5.19 on October 24.

In Kulob (Khatlon province) and Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the market exchange rate between USD and TJS remained the same – 1:5.18 in Kulob and 1:5.05 in Khorog.  

Meanwhile, an official exchange rate between USD and TJS set by the National Bank of Tajikistan fell from 1:4.9948 on October 17 to 1:4.9935 on October 24.