Euro foreign exchange reference rates

 

Euro foreign exchange reference rates

The reference rates are usually updated by 3 p.m. C.E.T. They are based on a regular daily concertation procedure between central banks across Europe and worldwide, which normally takes place at 2.15 p.m. CET.

 

Latest overview

Euro foreign exchange reference rates as at 24 May 2013

All currencies quoted against the euro (base currency)
Currency Spot RSS
  (1) As of 1 July 2005 the currency of Romania is the new Romanian leu (RON). 1 RON equals 10,000 old Romanian lei (ROL).
USD US dollar 1.2939 up USD RSS
JPY Japanese yen 131.25 up JPY RSS
BGN Bulgarian lev 1.9558 eq BGN RSS
CZK Czech koruna 25.993 down CZK RSS
DKK Danish krone 7.4539 down DKK RSS
GBP Pound sterling 0.85695 up GBP RSS
HUF Hungarian forint 290.40 down HUF RSS
LTL Lithuanian litas 3.4528 eq LTL RSS
LVL Latvian lats 0.7003 down LVL RSS
PLN Polish zloty 4.1982 down PLN RSS
RON New Romanian leu 1 4.3550 down RON RSS
SEK Swedish krona 8.5980 up SEK RSS
CHF Swiss franc 1.2466 down CHF RSS
NOK Norwegian krone 7.5285 down NOK RSS
HRK Croatian kuna 7.5685 down HRK RSS
RUB Russian rouble 40.5360 up RUB RSS
TRY Turkish lira 2.3913 up TRY RSS
AUD Australian dollar 1.3348 up AUD RSS
BRL Brasilian real 2.6470 up BRL RSS
CAD Canadian dollar 1.3369 up CAD RSS
CNY Chinese yuan renminbi 7.9341 up CNY RSS
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.0448 up HKD RSS
IDR Indonesian rupiah 12675.22 up IDR RSS
ILS Israeli shekel 4.7818 up ILS RSS
INR Indian rupee 72.1300 up INR RSS
KRW South Korean won 1458.19 up KRW RSS
MXN Mexican peso 16.1026 down MXN RSS
MYR Malaysian ringgit 3.9263 up MYR RSS
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.5963 up NZD RSS
PHP Philippine peso 53.961 up PHP RSS
SGD Singapore dollar 1.6360 up SGD RSS
THB Thai baht 38.713 up THB RSS
ZAR South African rand 12.3724 up ZAR RSS
ISK Icelandic krona - The last rate was published on 3 Dec 2008.      
 

Data downloads

Latest rates

Previous rates

  •   zipped– Can be imported into Excel and other spreadsheet applications
  •  XML file available for parsing (Last 90 days): http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml
  •  XML file available for parsing, since 1999 : http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist.xml
  •  XML file available for parsing, since 1999 (Format: SDMX-ML): http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-sdmx.xml
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Statistical Data Warehouse - Interactive data access

 

Background

For further information, please refer to the ECB press release:  Additional reference exchange rates for the euro, 3 December 2010.

The reference exchange rates are published both by electronic market information providers and on the ECB's website shortly after the concertation procedure has been completed. Reference rates are published according to the same  calendar as the TARGET system.

 

For developers

How to parse the data

Regular expression example



<?php

    
//This is a PHP(4/5) script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed

    //Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory 

    //For this command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)

    
$XMLContent = file ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" );

    
//the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET

            

    
foreach( $XMLContent  as  $line ){

        if(
preg_match ( "/currency='([[:alpha:]]+)'/" , $line , $currencyCode )){

            if(
preg_match ( "/rate='([[:graph:]]+)'/" , $line , $rate )){

                
//Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code

                
echo '1&euro;=' . $rate [ 1 ]. ' ' . $currencyCode [ 1 ]. '<br/>' ;

                
//--------------------------------------------------

                //Here you can add your code for inserting

                //$rate[1] and $currencyCode[1] into your database

                //--------------------------------------------------

            
}

        }

}

?>

XML parser example



<?php

    
function  StartElement ( $parser $name $attrs ) { 

        if (!empty(
$attrs [ 'RATE' ])) {

            echo 
"1&euro;=" . $attrs [ 'RATE' ]. " " . $attrs [ 'CURRENCY' ]. "<br />"

        }

    }

    
$xml_parser xml_parser_create ();

    
xml_set_element_handler ( $xml_parser "StartElement" "" );

    
// for the following command you will need file_get_contents (PHP >= 4.3.0) 

    // and the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)

    
xml_parse ( $xml_parser file_get_contents  ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" ));

    
xml_parser_free ( $xml_parser );

?>

SimpleXML example



<?php

    
//This is aPHP(5)script example on how eurofxref-daily.xml can be parsed

    //Read eurofxref-daily.xml file in memory

    //For the next command you will need the config option allow_url_fopen=On (default)

    
$XML = simplexml_load_file ( "http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml" );

    
//the file is updated daily between 2.15 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. CET

            

    
foreach( $XML -> Cube -> Cube -> Cube  as  $rate ){

        
//Output the value of 1EUR for a currency code

        
echo  '1&euro;=' . $rate [ "rate" ]. ' ' . $rate [ "currency" ]. '<br/>' ;

        
//--------------------------------------------------

        //Here you can add your code for inserting

        //$rate["rate"] and $rate["currency"] into your database

        //--------------------------------------------------

    
}

?>

Output of the code above

1€=1.2939 USD

1€=131.25 JPY

1€=1.9558 BGN

1€=25.993 CZK

1€=7.4539 DKK

1€=0.85695 GBP

1€=290.40 HUF

1€=3.4528 LTL

1€=0.7003 LVL

1€=4.1982 PLN

1€=4.3550 RON

1€=8.5980 SEK

1€=1.2466 CHF

1€=7.5285 NOK

1€=7.5685 HRK

1€=40.5360 RUB

1€=2.3913 TRY

1€=1.3348 AUD

1€=2.6470 BRL

1€=1.3369 CAD

1€=7.9341 CNY

1€=10.0448 HKD

1€=12675.22 IDR

1€=4.7818 ILS

1€=72.1300 INR

1€=1458.19 KRW

1€=16.1026 MXN

1€=3.9263 MYR

1€=1.5963 NZD

1€=53.961 PHP

1€=1.6360 SGD

1€=38.713 THB

1€=12.3724 ZAR

Source: BCE