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The bank, which so far in 2018 bought around 1.1 billion euros ($1.30 billion), intervened as the dinar traded at the rate of around 117.9 to the euro. The dinar later traded at the rate of 118.05.
The euro purchase coincided with the central bank's decision to keep its benchmark rate at 3 percent, citing low inflation and effects of monetary policy easing so far.