Demand for the dollar was down in the Iraqi Central Bank's auction on Tuesday, reaching $151.920 million compared to $218.355 million on Monday.
"The demand hit $46.320 million in cash and $105.600 million in foreign transfers outside the country, all covered by the bank at an exchange rate of 1,189 Iraqi dinars per dollar, one tick lower than yesterday," according to the central bank's daily bulletin, which was received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
None the 17 banks that participated in the auction offered to sell dollars.
The Iraqi Central Bank runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday.
(Voices of Iraq)