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US Dollar Soars To EGP 6.90, Yen Falls: NBE

by Yomna Yasser

On Thursday, the US dollar’s exchange rate against the Egyptian pound has surged to EGP 6.8711 for buying and EGP 6.9012 for selling to represent an increase of  one piaster, compared to Wednesday’s levels of EGP 6.8603 for buying and EGP 6.8904 for selling, according to the recent data released by the National Bank of Egypt (NBE).

The US dollar’s rise coincided with the 46th FX auction by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) of US$ 40 million to local banks in an attempt to fill the banks’ needs for the US currency.

The table below shows the exchange rates of the Arab and foreign currencies against the Egyptian pound on Wednesday according to the National Bank of Egypt (NBE):

Currency

Buy Price

Sell Price

US Dollar

6.8711

6.9012

Euro

8.9718

9.3731

Pound Sterling

10.5311

11.004

Swiss Franc

7.3399

7.6754

Yen (¥100)

6.8789

7.1855

Saudi Riyal

1.8269

1.9028

Kuwaiti Dinar

23.9481

24.8288

UAE Dirham

1.8693

1.9429

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