Strong fall of the US Dollar - How has this week started for the major currencies?
The US dollar has started the week negatively, suffering a sharp drop in value over the weekend, being bought this morning at 84.8 lek and being sold at 86.1 lek compared to the week before.
According to the local exchange rate, the European currency was bought this morning at 97.2 lek and sold at 98.2 lek, continuing to maintain relatively the same values this week.
The Swiss franc has registered a significant decrease in value since last week, being bought this Monday at 103.2 lekë and being sold at 105 lekë, referring to the domestic foreign exchange market.
The British pound, meanwhile, has had a slight increase in value over these two days, starting the week on the rise as it was bought today for 115 lek and sold for 116.2 lek.

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