The Daily Brief
Currency markets are closed for the weekend, with rates holding at Friday's settled levels.
· as of 08:00 GST
What moved
The Chinese yuan settled at 0.546481 AED, the strongest it has been against the dirham in 30 days. The British pound settled at 5.0113 AED, also its strongest in 30 days, while the euro settled at 4.2898 AED, near the top of its 30-day range. The Philippine peso settled at 0.059557 AED, near the bottom of its 30-day range.
Why
With markets closed for the weekend, there is no daily move to explain today.
Corridor spotlight
Sending 1,000 AED to the Philippines settles at about 16,791 pesos — about 90 pesos more than a week ago.
A rotating illustration across the UAE’s main remittance corridors — shown for one corridor each day, not necessarily yours. Find your own rate on the World Rates board.
This is what happened, not a prediction — we don't say where rates go next.
The movements above cover fiat currencies only, drawn from our FX historical data. Gold isn’t included — we don’t hold a clean 24-hour baseline for it. Crypto trades 24/7 and is tracked in our Crypto section, not among the fiat movers. See our Methodology.
Sources & transparency
Composed with AI from the data and named sources above, then checked figure-by-figure against them before publishing (model: Claude Sonnet 5). See our Methodology and Editorial policy.