Quote currency

Quote currency

In foreign exchange markets, the quote currency is the second currency in a currency pair.

The quote currency is also known as the counter currency.

If looking at the EUR/USD currency pair, the U.S. Dollar is the quote currency, and the Euro is the base currency.


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