Latvian central bank buys 13.5 million lats worth of euros

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Latvia’s central bank sold 13.5 million lats ($27 million) for euros last week, according to Bloomberg.

The bank announced the transaction on its Web site today without providing further details.

Latvia, like neighboring Lithuania and Estonia, is a member of the pre-euro exchange-rate mechanism and pegs the lats to the common currency. Latvia keeps the exchange rate within a 1 percent band around a target.