Exchange rate/ How has this week started for the major currencies?
The US dollar has started the week negatively, suffering another decline this morning from the week before, as it was bought today for 82.2 lek and sold for 83.5 lek according to the local exchange rate.
The European currency was bought today at 96.5 lek and sold at 97.3 lek, with little fluctuation over the weekend and no significant change from last week.
The Swiss franc was bought this morning at 102.8 lek and sold at 104 lek, neither of which marked any significant movement in the quote compared to last week.
Referring to the domestic foreign exchange market, the British pound has had a slight increase in value over the past two days, being bought today for 1110.1 lek and being sold for 111.5 lek.

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