The dollar rose 0.63% against the Norwegian crown NOK=D3 to 10.23

U.S. outlays from a $2.2 trillion rescue package passed on March 27 are only just beginning.

The North American unit of French energy group Engie SA (EPA:ENGI) has secured up to USD 1.6 billion (EUR 1.46bn) in tax equity financing for its 2-GW portfolio of renewables assets in the US.

Against the euro EUR=EBS, the dollar last stood at $1.0941, on course for 1.3% weekly decline.

“Fusion energy technology holds great potential to be a safe, clean, reliable energy source, but research and development of fusion technology is often constrained by prohibitive costs,” said Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes.

China - at the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.37% at 2,825.90.

Spot gold rose 0.6% to $1,654.94 per ounce by 0719 GMT, having hit a four-week high of $1,671.40 on Tuesday. It has risen more than 2.3% this week.

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to -5.1% in 2020, the first recession in the region over the past 25 years,

"At the same time, the industry has announced and initiated a number of measures, and we can already see that this is affecting activity on the Norwegian shelf. Substantial cost cuts have been announced, reducing both exploration activity, investments and operating costs moving forward," says Director General Ingrid Sølvberg.

The dollar’s rise came as global stocks wavered after two days of gains as deaths from the coronavirus mounted across the globe. The rising toll soured U.S. markets late on Tuesday, with pessimism spreading to Asian indexes a day later.

ExxonMobil capital investments for 2020 are now expected to be about $23 billion, down from the previously announced $33 billion.

Asia's markets in Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong opened higher, then pared gains.

A very large economic contraction is, however, expected to be recorded in the June quarter and the unemployment rate is expected to increase to its highest level for many years.

Таким образом, совокупный объем средств, направляемых на продажу иностранной валюты, составляет -77,8 млрд руб.

По состоянию на 1 апреля 2020 г. объем ФНБ составил 12 855 750,6 млн. рублей, что эквивалентно 165 384,5 млн. долл. США,