U.S. dollar exchange rate steady Tuesday

CAIRO – 1 August 2017: The U.S. dollar exchange rate stabilizes against the Egyptian pound in Tuesday’s banking transactions.

The exchange rate of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) for the U.S. dollar is LE 17.83 for buying and LE 17.93 for selling.

Recording the highest exchange rate, the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank recorded LE 17.86 for buying and LE 17.96 for selling.

Egypt’s biggest private sector bank Commercial International Bank (CIB) recorded LE 17.95 for buying and LE 17.95 for selling.

Meanwhile, the biggest state-owned bank National Bank of Egypt (NBE) offered the lowest exchange rate at LE 17.8 for buying and LE 17.9 for selling.

As for the euro, it eased to LE 20.92 for buying and LE 21.04 for selling, down from LE 20.95 for buying and LE 20.95 for selling in the previous day.

The GBP (British Pound) also slightly fell to LE 23.39 for buying and LE 23.53 for selling, compared to LE 23.42 for buying and LE 23.57 for selling.

As for the Arab currencies, the Saudi Riyal stabilized at LE 4.75 for buying and LE 4.78 for selling, according to the CBE.

Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti dinar recorded LE 58.88 for buying and LE 59.57 for selling and the Emirati Dirham registered LE 4.85 for selling and LE 4.88 for buying.