Finance Ministry: Natl Wealth Fund rises to 11.389 tln rbl in November

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (PRIME) -- The National Wealth Fund grew by 15.43 billion rubles to 11.389 trillion rubles and by U.S. $1.645 billion to $186.486 billion in November, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Friday.

Separate accounts of the fund with the central bank stood at 41.892 billion euros, 2.770 billion British pounds, 478.478 billion Japanese yen, 309.72 billion Chinese yuan, 242.7 million rubles, 554.911 tonnes of conventional gold.

Deposits with VEB.RF stood at 650.116 billion rubles, the Ukrainian bonds in default stood at $3 billion.

The investment in infrastructure projects of Russian entities amounted to 385.146 billion rubles and $2.221 billion. Investment in preferred shares of banks to 328.992 billion rubles, in subordinated deposits with VTB and Gazprombank designed to finance infrastructure projects to 138.434 billion rubles.

The yield on investment in permitted financial assets excluding money on accounts with the central bank stood at 46.907 billion rubles, or $742.8 million.

(62.5722 rubles – U.S. $1)

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