Big sell off of Canadian dollars – Friday

In trading in the foreign exchange market on Friday the Canadian Dollar was the dominant currency traded with just C$10 million bought but C$60 million sold.
The rate of exchange to buy the US dollar by the public rose on Friday to $126.64 as dealers sold US$24.76 million of the US dollar, compared to US$32.99 million at an average rate of $126.62 on Thursday.
US currency purchases amounted to US$28.39 million on Friday, at an average rate of $125.38 compared to Thursday, with US$32.30 million at $125.76.
Dealers’ purchased US$38.85 million, versus US$47.89 million on Thursday in all currencies in Jamaica’s forex market and sold US$73.49 million compared with US$46.03 million of all currencies sold previously.
For the week the equivalent of US$271 million was bought by dealers and US$281 million sold compared with buying of $257 million the week before and selling of $240 million.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar rose to J$99.99 from J$99.72 at the close on Thursday as the Canadian dollar dominated trading. The selling rate for the British Pound rose to J$166.43 versus J$165.67 on Thursday and the euro fell in value against the Jamaican dollar, to J$148.11 to buy the European common currency, versus J$148.78 previously.