U.S. dollar exchange rate steady Saturday

CAIRO – 29 July 2017: The U.S. dollar exchange rate remained stable against the Egyptian pound in Saturday’s banking transactions.

The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) remained stable at LE 17.83 for buying and LE 17.95 for selling.

The highest rate was recorded at Egypt’s biggest private sector bank, the Commercial International Bank (CIB), at LE 17.85 for buying and LE 17.95 for selling.

Meanwhile, the country’s largest state-owned bank, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), in addition to Banque du Caire offered the lowest exchange rate at LE 17.80 for buying and LE 17.90 for selling.

Banque Misr recorded a rate of LE 17.82 for buying and LE 17.92 for selling.

As for the euro, it registered LE 20.80 for buying and LE 21.07 for selling.

The GBP (British Pound) slightly increased to LE 23.32 for buying and LE 23.55 for selling, up from LE 23.29 for buying and LE 23.42 for selling on Thursday.

As for the Arab currencies, the Saudi Riyal remained stable at LE 4.74 for buying and LE 4.77 for selling, according to the CBE.

Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti dinar recorded LE 58.87 for buying and LE 59.29 for selling and the Emirati Dirham registered LE 4.85 for selling and LE 4.88 for buying.