The dollar traded at 50.1766 lira on the buy side and 50.1868 on the sell side at 09:20 on Monday, 9 November 2026, as the new trading week opened. The euro stood at 56.0714 lira to buy and 56.1320 to sell at the same hour.
Start of week levels
The figures mark the opening reference levels for the lira against both the dollar and the euro as trading began.
Against the dollar, the euro itself traded at $1.1162 by MacroHerald’s own measurement at 06:28 GMT on 9 November. That reading sits outside the lira pair but offers context on the broader euro-dollar backdrop for the day.
Euro positioning data
Separately, weekly positioning data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed speculators net short the euro, with the position reported at 157,791 contracts in the report dated 3 November 2026. That compared with 143,894 contracts a week earlier.
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Source: CFTC | Data: Swissquote
