Thursday, 2nd January 2013 | Forex trading on the first trading day of 2014 saw the equivalent of US$22,004,093 being bought by dealers and US$25,258,390 sold.
Trading in the individual currencies saw US$18,632,067 being bought with the rate falling 25 cents to $105.46 and selling of US$22,604,821, the rate inched up a cent to $106.39. There was buying of C$1,416,816 with the rate declining by $1.07 to $97.92 and selling of C$716,902, the rate closed up a cent to $99.73. Buying of the British Pound resulted in £1,102,913 being acquired by dealers at $172.85, which was down by 72 cents. Sales amounted to £760,451 at a rate that was up by 8 cents to end at $175.92.
Trading in other currencies amounted to the equivalent of US$249,021 being bought and selling of US$724,021.
Highs & Lows | There were mix results in buying and selling at the highest and lowest rates as the US dollar was bought as high as $107.50, unchanged at the end of trading and as low as $86.42 for an increase of 41 cents but there was no change to the highest selling rate of $110.75 while the low was $2.04 down to $86.01.
The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar went at $101.25, a 25 cents fall and the low was at $79.10, a decrease of 41 cents; the high for selling was $103.00, an increase of 50 cents but the low remained unchanged at $95.30.
The British Pound went as high as $179.32 or $2.02 higher for the buying and declined $38.61 to hit $100.00 for the low and the high for selling came out at $178.28, down by 84 cents and the low increased by 90 cents to $169.00.