What happened this beginning of the month in the foreign exchange market?
The US dollar appears to have relatively maintained its value from the previous day, starting the month positively as it was bought this morning at 84.2 lek and sold at 85.5 lek according to the local exchange rate.
The European currency, meanwhile, continues to not experience significant fluctuations in its value on August 1, maintaining stable values, just like last month, being bought today at 96.7 lek and being sold at 97.7 lek.
The Swiss franc has also started this August at constant values without any significant change from yesterday, being bought today at 103.5 lek and being sold at 104.8 lek.
The British pound, referred to the domestic foreign exchange market, was bought this Friday at 111.4 lek and sold at 113 lek, registering no significant value movements from the day and the previous month.

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