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Currency Pair

In foreign exchange, two currencies whose values are compared. The first currency is called the base currency and is given a value of 1, while the second is called the quote currency and is expressed as "quote currencies per one base currency." For example, if one compares the British pound to the U.S. dollar and the pound is the base currency, it is written as GBPUSD and expressed as "dollars per one pound."
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On the NSE, market participants can trade futures and options on various currency pairs -- USD-INR, EUR-INR, GBP-INR, JPY-INR and cross currency pairs -- EUR-USD, GBP-USD and USD-JPY.
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