Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salame, issued a statement today includes the following:

“Participating banks and exchange institutions’ trading volume on the “Sayrafa” platform for this week is, 5 million US dollars, at a rate of 15,200 pounds per dollar.”

Salame added that “banks and exchange institutions should continue registering all purchase and sale transactions on the “Sayrafa” platform in accordance with the relevant circulars issued.”