Lebanon: dollar exchange rates record unprecedented levels against the lira, and gas stations are closing their doors

The exchange rates of the US dollar against the Lebanese pound witnessed a big jump in today’s trading, to record unprecedented levels, whether on the official exchange platform or in the informal market and at exchange offices, which prompted a number of gas stations to close their doors and stop selling petroleum derivatives, as their pricing schedule was issued. This morning, according to the exchange rate lower than the close of trading today.

The exchange rate of the dollar on the official exchange platform amounted to 28,600 pounds per dollar, an increase of 200 pounds in one day, according to the exchange rates of operations carried out by banks and exchange institutions on the platform, while the trading volume on the platform reached 29 million US dollars at a rate of 28,600 Lebanese pounds to the dollar. the one.