At 6:00 PM Lisbon time, the euro was trading at 1.1662 dollars, down from 1.1704 dollars at the same time on Friday.
The euro also declined against the pound but rose against the yen.
The European Central Bank (ECB) set the euro’s reference exchange rate at 1.1673 dollars.
Leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Commission, and the British government were the first European leaders to arrive at the White House today for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mark Rutte, Ursula von der Leyen, and Keir Starmer were received at the official residence of the President of the United States in Washington by the chief of protocol, Monica Crawley, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
They are expected to be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and the leaders of the German and Italian governments, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni, for crucial meetings with Trump and Zelensky regarding the war in Ukraine.
An air raid alarm sounded in Kyiv today shortly before the start of negotiations between the Ukrainian and U.S. presidents at the White House.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated that the alert was triggered across the country due to the take-off of a Russian Mig-31 aircraft, which is equipped with Kinjal hypersonic missiles used by Russia to bomb Ukraine, according to AFP.
Currencies……………..Today…………..Friday
Euro/Dollar…………..1.1662……………..1.1704
Euro/Pound…………..0.86299…………….0.86327
Euro/Yen……………172.33……………..172.31
Dollar/Yen…………..147.77……………..147.22
