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Hungarian Forint Recovers After Reaching New Historical Low

• 1 Mar 2022 6:20 AM
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The forint traded at 370.49 to the euro around 5.30pm on Monday, recovering after slipping past 372.50 earlier in the day, hitting a new historical low.

The currency weakened from 365.74 to the euro late Friday.

The forint fell to 329.35 from 324.94 against the dollar and weakened to 358.69 from 350.57 to the Swiss franc.

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