Currencies, exchange rates and the converter

The Currencies page shows how the world's currencies trade against each other and the U.S. dollar, and it includes a converter for working out what an amount is worth in another currency.

#The pairs

Open Currencies in the Finance section bar.

The first card has four tabs: Majors (the most traded pairs, such as the euro against the dollar), Crosses (pairs that do not involve the dollar), Emerging and Dollar index (the dollar against a basket of major currencies). Each row shows the rate, the change, a small chart for the day and range bars. A pair such as EUR/USD reads as the price of one euro in dollars: a rate of 1.12 means one euro buys 1.12 dollars. Select a pair to open its page.

#World currencies

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The World currencies card lists 67 currencies, the most traded first, each against the dollar. Region buttons, with a count on each, narrow the list. The columns are:

• Per US$: how many units of the currency one U.S. dollar buys.
• US$ each: how many dollars one unit of the currency buys.
• Change and the Day range, Off day high, 52-wk range and Off 52-wk high columns, and a small chart for the day. See Sort tables and read the range columns.

#Convert an amount

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The button between the two menus swaps them. Any two of the listed currencies can be converted; a pair that does not involve the dollar is worked out through the dollar. The note under the card says so, and that prices may be delayed up to 15 minutes.