FX: Rates on the move

Wednesday, 18th September 2013 | The buying of forex saw the amount sold to end users being just above the purchases by authorized dealers with US$27.66 bought and US$28.5 being sold.

USD Trades | It cost more for end users of the US dollar as the average selling rate increased by 8 cents to $102.645 as dealers sold US$25.28 million while they bought $23.97 million at 17 cents more than on Tuesday at $101.914. The US dollar traded as high as 40 cents more at the highest buying rate, which hit $103.50 and sold it as high as $108.07, the same rate as the day before but hiked the lowest selling rate by $15.66 to $100. The rate for buying at the low end remained unchanged at $84.34.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep18Canadian | The Canadian dollar was sold for just 2 cents more at $99.75 with C$422,718 being sold and C$885,668 purchased at an average rate of $97.874 which is 54 cents less than on Tuesday. Traders bought the currency as high as 15 cents more at $100.60 and as low as $80.22 or 4 cents less. On the sell side the highest rate declined 5 cents to $103.42 and the lowest rate moved up by 30 cents to $97.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep18British Pound | The Pound put on $1.23 to reach $162.27 as dealers bought £1,736,444 and sold £1,667,499 at $1.09 more at $164.65. The Pound was bought as high as $1.60 more at $165.60 and as low as $132.30 or 50 cents more and sold at the highest rate of $170.56, a 64 cents increase and the lowest rate moved down by 90 cents to $155.80.

FX: Inflows decline

Tuesday, 17th September 2013 | Inflows into the forex market declined sharply from Monday’s good flows to end up at US$22.9 million being bought by as authorised dealers and selling of US equivalent of US$26.5 million.

The buying price for the US dollar fell slightly by 9 cents as dealers bought US$20.25 million at $101.75 and sold US$$24.27 million at 3 cents more than on Monday at $102.57. The Canadian was bought for $98.42 an increase of 79 cent as C$864,656 was purchased but selling took place for 43 cents more than on Monday at $99.73 for CS$795,050. Purchasing of the Pound amounted to £1,060,506 at an average of $161.04, a 95 cents increase and selling amounted to £825,065 at $163.56 one cent down.

There was no change in the lowest buying rate and the highest selling rate for the United States dollar, which stands at $84.34 and $108.07 respectively but the highest buying rate moved down 40 cents, the same amount it increased by on Monday to $103.10 and the lowest selling rate was up 17 cents, nothing like the $15.63 drop on Monday as the rate closed at $84.34.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep17Changes in the Canadian currency saw an increase of 80 cents for the highest buying rate that ended at $100.45 and 21 cents gain for the lowest buying rate, which closed at $80.26. The highest selling rate moved up 11 cents to $103.47 and 35 cents was put on the lowest at $96.70.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep17The British Pound was bought for 50 cents more at the highest level of $164 and a 24 cents increase to the lowest buying rate that ended at $131.80. The highest selling rate jumped 79 cents to $169.92 and the lowest was dropped $1.30 to $156.70.

FX: Strong inflows and outflows

Monday, 16th September 2013 | The buying price for the US dollar fell slightly by a cent as authorised dealers bought US$37,622,636 at $101.837 and sold US$37,803,396 at 8 cents more than on Friday at $102.53. The Canadian was bought for $97.6266, down a cent as C$1,314,269 was purchased but they sold the currency for 16 cents less than on Friday at $99.30 with C$889,856 purchased. Purchasing of the Pound amounted to £1,322,607 at an average of $160.0845, which was 50 cents less than Friday’s rate and selling amounted to £952,876.91 at 34 cents more at $163.57.

Overall the equivalent of $41.2 million was purchased and US$40.46 was sold.

There was no change in the lowest buying rate and the highest selling rate for the United States dollar, which stood at $84.34 and $108.07 respectively but the highest buying rate moved up 40 cents to $103.50 and the lowest selling rate was down $15.63 to $84.17.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep16Changes in the Canadian currency was moderate with a 15 cents fall in the highest buying rate that ended at $99.65 and 13 cents off the lowest buying rate which closed at $80.05. The highest selling rate remained unchanged at $103.36 and 20 cents was put on the lowest at $96.35.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep16The British Pound was bought for 5 cents more at the highest level of $163.50 with no change to the lowest buying rate at $131.56, but the highest selling rate jumped $4.54 to $169.13 and the lowest was up $2.40 to $158.

FX: Rates keep on the up

Friday, 13th September | Although authorised dealers bought the equivalent of US$34.36 million and sold US$33 million, all the selling rates moved up during forex trading today.

Buying took place for US$28,158,391 at an average rate of $101.8516 up 36 cents, C$1,706,762 was purchased for an average of $98.3431 up $1.23 and £2,793,935 for an average of $160.5862 at one cent less than on Thursday.

Dealers sold the US$28,836,956 $102.448 at 7 cents more than on Thursday and sold C$1,213,697 at an average of $99.4587, an increase of 40 cents and £1,815,192 at an average of $163.225 or 22 cents more.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep13Upper and lower ends | Trading at the upper end of the rate spectrum left the highest buying rate for the US dollar at $103.10 just 5 cents less than the day before with no changes for the other rates which remained at $84.34 for the lowest buying, $108.07 for the highest selling and $99.80 for the lowest selling rates.

The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar was $99.80 for an increase of 20 cents and the lowest $80.18 or 33 cents higher while the lowest selling rate climbed 43 cents to$103.36 and the lowest increased by 15 cents to $96.15.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep13The highest buying rate for the British Pound was $163.45.\, a decline of just 20 cents and the lowest $131.56 or 42 cents higher, while the lowest selling rate dropped $4.47 cents to $164.59 and the lowest increased by $2.60 to $155.60.

FX: More selling than buying

Thursday 12 September 2013 | The total amount of trading in the forex market today resulted in the equivalent of only $20.544 million being purchased by dealers and selling of US$23.15 million.

There was buying of US$17,725,514 on Thursday at an average of $101.4957, which was lower by 25 cents at the end of the day than on Wednesday, while the average selling rate remained unchanged at $102.373 as US$19,863,112 was sold.

C$633,927 was purchased at $97.112 at 35 cents more than the day before and selling accounted for 493,436 at $99.0554 an increase of 18 cents and the Pound sterling was purchased $160.6002 or $1.43 more than on Wednesday for £1,341,124 while selling amounted to £1,711,750 up $1.09 to $163.009 at the close.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep12The lowest selling rate fell for all three main foreign currencies. There was no change for the highest price for the US dollar at $103.15 but the lowest buying price moved up by 17 cents to $84.34 and the highest selling rate increased by 21 cents to $108.07. The Canadian highest buying rate moved up 25 cents to $99.60, while the lowest was unchanged at $79.85 but the highest selling rate increased by 80 cents to $102.93 and there was a 15 cents drop in the lowest selling rate to $96.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep12The Pound sterling cost 80 cents more to buy at the top at $163.50 and 79 cents more at the bottom at $131.14. Selling at the peak was 53 cents more costly than on Wednesday at $169.06 and $3.80 cheaper to sell at the low of $153.

FX: Buying & selling even

Wednesday, 11th September 2013 | Buying of US dollars on Wednesday amounted to US$25,410,189 at an average rate of $101.7472 and sales took place for US$25,074,975 at an average rate of $102.376. C$534,105 was purchased at an average of $96.7598 and C$368,380 was sold at an average of $98.8734 while £1,123,610 was purchased at $159.1744 and amount sold amounted to £893,261at $161.922.

Overall the equivalent of US$27.83 million was purchased and selling took place for the equivalent of US$27.22 million.

The highest and lowest rates were mostly up with just two declining on Wednesday. The big mover was the British Pound,which closed with the highest buying rate at $162.70 and the lowest buying rate jumped by $30.35 to settle at $130.35. Authorised dealers sold the Pound as high as 49 cents more at $168.53, while the lowest selling rate moved up by $1.80 to close at $156.80.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep11The United States currency moved up by 10 cents to $103.15 for the highest buying rate with no change for the lowest buying and highest selling rate but it was 40 cents more for the lowest selling rate at $99.90.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep11Dealers bought the Canadian dollar as high as $99.35, which is 15 cents cheaper than on Tuesday and it took 25 cents more to purchase at the lowest rate, which was $79.85. Selling took place as high as $102.13, less by 48 cents on Tuesday’s highest closing rate and was 45 cents more for the lowest selling rate which ended the day at $96.15.

FX: Rates slowly slipping

Tuesday, 10th September 2013 | There was more selling of the US dollar than the amount purchased by some degree as the selling rate increased by 4 cents, which now seems like the daily rate movement but the buying rates was lower by 22 cents.

US$25.2 million was purchased at an average rate of $101.477 and selling amounted to US$29 million at an average rate of $102.316. C$1.35 million was purchased at $97.155 an increase of 76 cents and selling amounted to C$788,392 at an average rate of 98.85, up 21 cents. £1.867 million was purchased at $158.34, for an increase of 70 cents and selling amounted to £945,289 at an average rate of $161.15 up 54 cents.

Overall the equivalent of US$30.39 was purchased and US$31 47 was sold.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep10The highest and lowest rates saw moderate changes except for the lowest selling rate for the US dollar which rose $15.33 to end at $99.50. There were no change to the lowest buying rate which remained at $84.17 nor the highest selling rate for the US dollar which remained at $107.86 but the highest buying rate moved down by 77 cents to $103.05.

The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar remained unchanged at $99.50 but the lowest buying rate inched up by 17 cents to $79.60. The highest selling rate was 21 cents higher than on Monday at $102.61 and the lowest was at $95.70 60 cents higher.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep10The British pound was 30 cents more for buying at the highest level as it ended at $161.50 and was unchanged at $100 for the lowest buying rate. It was 80 cents more for the highest selling rate, which ended at $168.04 and 40 cents more for the lowest selling rate at $155 at the close.

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NIR down but so is IMF debt

The latest data from the Bank of Jamaica shows a decline in the net international reserves for the country to US$882 million at the end of August, down from US$930 million at the end of July, a decline of US$48 million.

The decline was mainly due to the central bank paying off US$77 million to the IMF thus reducing the amount due to them from US$861 to US$783 million. The gross reserves stands at US$1.687 billion or US$125.5 million less than at the end of July.

The gross NIR now represents 11.22 weeks of estimated Goods & Services Imports.

The country now enters a period that is traditionally characterised by lower inflows and higher demand. However, with the Highway 2000 Ocho Rios leg to resume, the next few months should be seeing capital inflows in connection with this project, which should help augment other inflows to the system.

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FX: Rates higher but buys more than sales

Friday, 6th September 2013 | Although overall buying was more than selling in the forex market, all rates increased for buying and selling of all three main foreign currencies. Buying amounted to $39.97 million while selling was well below, at US$32.35 million.

Authorised dealers bought US$32,773,161 at an average of $101.642 at 21 cents higher than on Thursday and sold US$28,459,081 at an average of $102.231, an increase of 8 cents. For the Canadian, buying amounted to C$1,027,853 at an average of $96.334 as the rate at the end was up 81 cents and they sold C$691,584 at $98.5283 an increase of 98 cents. The total amount of the British Pound purchased was £3,248,021 as the rate was up $1.13 to end at $158.762, while £1,911,264 was sold at an increase of 39 cents to $160.469.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep6Highs & lows | The highest buying rate for the US dollar is $102.95 an increase of 20 cents over Thursday’s rate, and the lowest buying rate $85.50 or $1.33 more. There was no change in the highest selling rate of $107.86 but the lowest selling rate dropped $2.05 to $84.17.

In the case of the Canadian, the highest buying rate was up $1.15 to $98.85 as the lowest buying rate inched up a mere 8 cents to $78.60. There was no change to the highest selling rate of $101.44 as the lowest selling rate moved up 70 cents to $94.70.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep6The British Pound saw declines in three of the high and low rates with the highest buying rate falling 87 cents to $160.90 and the lowest buying rate easing 12 cents to $129.36. The highest selling rate dropped sharply by $4.42 to end at $162.50 but the lowest selling rate went up $2.20 to $155.85 at the end of the day.

FX: Buying greater than sales

Thursday, 5th September, 2013 | In today’s forex trading, authorised dealers bought US$26.3 million and sold US$23.68 million as the selling rate for the US dollar fell slightly while the buying rates eased up a few cents. The Canadian selling rate fell and the buying rate rose as the Pound selling rate went up and the buying rate fell.

Authorised dealers bought US$21,039,750 for 10 cents more than on Wednesday’s rate at $101.433 and sold US$20,414,335 at 2 cents less at $102.154. Dealers bought C$1,022,519 at $95.5248 which is 31 cent higher than the closing rate on Wednesday and sold C$783,534 at $97.5485 at 55 cents less. The amount of Pound sterling bought was £2,632,515 at $157.6334 costing 25 cents less than Wednesday’s rate and the amount sold was £1,316,063 at $160.075 at 26 cents more.

FX_TRADE+Currency+Sep5The highest buying rate for the US dollar was $102.75 down 25 cents while the currency was bought as low as $84.17, the same rate as the day before. The selling selling high of $107.86 remained unchanged and the selling low at $86.22 for a $2.18 increase.

The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar was $97.70, up 20 cents and sold as low as $78.52, up 17 cents. Selling was as high as $101.44 reflecting an increase of 22 cents and as low as $94.00, down 65 cents.

FX_TRADE+HighLow+Sep5The highest buying rate for the Pound sterling was 161.77 up $1.57 and as low as $129.48 down $5.81. Selling was high as $166.92 up $4.76 and sold as low as $153.65 down 50 cents.

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