Exchange rate on May 26: The leu appreciated against the euro and the pound sterling on Friday, but lost value against the US dollar and the Swiss franc.
We also present the quotes of the five largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization (excluding stablecoins that track the value of the US dollar) and share prices of the FAANG group (Meta/Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Alphabet/Google), representative for the technological sector.
Four of the world’s five largest cryptocurrencies have posted gains in the past 24 hours. The only one down is Cardano (ADA).
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Among the FAANG group, Alphabet ( GOOG ) saw the biggest price mover, up 2.23%. Big investors have started betting big on the online services giant again in the past three months, according to filings with the US financial market arbiter, the SEC. That’s because many theses, launched at the beginning of the year, about how seriously the company was going to be affected in these difficult economic times turned out to be false.
BNR exchange rate: Quotation of the leu in relation to the euro, the US dollar, the Swiss franc and the pound sterling
1 euro (EUR): 4.9575 lei (-0,0003)
1 dollar (USD): 4,6194 lei (+0,0002)
1 Swiss franc (CHF): 5,1137 (+0,0139)
1 pound sterling (GBP): 5,7071 lei (-0,0106)
Top 5 cryptocurrencies, May 26, 2023 (2:00 p.m.)
Bitcoin (BTC): 26,456.38 (+0.82% in the last 24 hours)
Ethereum (ETH): $1,813.90 (+1.56%)
Binance Coin (BNB): $306.37 (+0.36%)
XRP (XRP): 0,4629 (+3,01%)
Cardano (ADA): 0,3570 (-0,36%)
FAANG stocks on May 26, 2023
Meta/Facebook (META): $252.69 (+1.40%)
Amazon (AMZN): $115.00 (-1.50%)
Apple (AAPL): $172.99 (+0.67%)
Netflix (NFLX): $359.00 (-1.60%)
Alphabet (GOOG): $124.35 (+2.23%)
Sources: BNR, CoinDesk, Yahoo! Finance
