Convert 1 EUR to ILS

The Euro to New Israeli Sheqel exchange rate is influenced by ECB interest rate decisions, Eurozone inflation, GDP growth, and political stability across member states, as well as BOI interest rates, tech sector performance, geopolitical stability, and inflation. Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Israel play crucial roles in determining the relative strength of these currencies.

The euro is the big one.. second most traded currency on the planet and EURUSD is THE most traded pair in all of forex by a massive margin. Something like a quarter of all forex volume goes through this single pair so liquidity is never an issue. The European Central Bank in Frankfurt runs the show and their policy decisions can move markets in a huge way.. Draghis "whatever it takes" moment back in 2012 basically saved the eurozone. The tricky thing about the euro is youre dealing with about 20 different economies all sharing one currency so theres always some tension between whats good for Germany versus whats good for Italy or Spain. That creates opportunities though because the EUR tends to underreact to good news and overreact to bad news from the periphery. EURUSD is the bread and butter for most forex traders but EURGBP EURJPY and EURCHF are all proper liquid too. Spreads are razor thin on the major pairs which is lovely. One thing to know is the euro tends to trade as a bit of a funding currency these days given how low ECB rates were for so long. Absolute staple of any trading portfolio.

The Israeli sheqel has been a proper strong performer over the past couple of decades and a lot of that comes down to Israels tech sector which is absolutely enormous relative to the size of the economy. Foreign investment pouring into Israeli startups and tech companies creates steady demand for sheqels which has kept the currency on a strengthening trend for years. The Bank of Israel has actually had to intervene quite a bit to stop the sheqel getting too strong because it hurts exporters. USDILS is the main pair and its reasonably liquid during European and early US hours though it thins out considerably after that. Geopolitical risk is obviously the big wildcard.. whenever tensions flare up in the region the sheqel can sell off sharply and then recover just as quickly once things calm down. The current version was introduced in 1986 to replace the old shekel that had been destroyed by hyperinflation. Natural gas discoveries offshore have added another dimension to the economy in recent years. Its not a mainstream forex pair but institutional players definitely trade it and there are some interesting opportunities around the geopolitical volatility.