Egypt: USD falls below EGP 49 mark for 1st time in 9 months
At 10:32 am, the USD recorded EGP 48.85 for buying and EGP 48.95 for selling at Banque Misr.
Similarly, it hit EGP 48.85 for buying and EGP 48.95 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) at 10:30 am.
The US dollar traded at EGP 48.83 for buying and EGP 48.93 for selling at the Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB).
Meanwhile, the exchange rate hit EGP 48.82 for purchasing and EGP 48.92 for selling at the United Bank.
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