Petroleum Fund resumes foreign currency purchases

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NORWAY - Spiralling oil prices has forced the Norges Bank to resume purchases of foreign currency for the Government Petroleum Fund.

The bank said that the rising oil prices had increased the need for allocations to the Petroleum Fund. This is the first time that the bank will enter the market as a buyer this year. It had dis...

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