Demand for the dollar was down in the Central Bank of Iraq's (CBI) auction on Wednesday, registering at $123.550 million compared to $151.920 million on Tuesday.
"The demand hit $47.875 million in cash and $75.765 million in foreign transfers outside the country, all covered by the bank at an exchange rate of 1,189 Iraqi dinars per dollar, same as yesterday," according to the central bank's daily bulletin, which was received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
None of the 17 banks that participated in the auction offered to sell dollars, it noted.
The Iraqi Central Bank runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday.
(Voices of Iraq)