FX Inflows match outflows – Thursday

Flows into the Jamaican foreign exchange market continue to remain strong on Thursday, but with less than the over $40 million, entering the market over the last three trading days, but the rate of the Jamaican dollar slipped against the US dollar and the British pound, but rose against the Canadian dollar.
Dealers bought and sold almost the same amount of foreign currency with the equivalent of US$37,528,023 purchased and US$37,646,794 sold, compared with US$40,650,808 they purchased and US$45,415,068 sold on Wednesday.
Demand for the US dollar , exceeded the amounts purchased by dealers by US$1 million with dealers buying US$34,101,622 compared to US$36,006,397 on Wednesday. The buying rate for the US dollar lost 1 cent to $119.63. A total of US$35,323,948 was sold versus US$42,190,336 on Wednesday, the selling rate moved up by 5 cents to $120.21. The Canadian dollar buying rate fell 68 cents to end at $86.01 with dealers buying C$1,391,801 and selling C$652,803, at an average rate that declined 74 cents to $87.35. The rate for buying the British Pound fell 73 cents to $178.39 for the purchase of £1,564,232, while £1,152,327 was sold, with the rate gaining $1.28 to $181.55. At the end of trading, it took J$131.73 to purchase the Euro, an increase of $1.17 from Wednesday’s rate, according to data from Bank of Jamaica, while dealers purchased the European common currency at J$129.19 for an increase of $1.25 from Wednesday’s rate. The US dollar equivalent of other currencies traded, amounts to US$93,118 being bought, while US$108,235 was sold.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, rose 2 cents to $120.45, the lowest buying, the highest and lowest selling rates remained at $98.70, $126.47 and $117 respectively. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar gained 90 cents to end at $89.50, the lowest buying rate ended 8 cents higher at $70.38, the highest selling rate rose 11 cents to $90.74 and the lowest selling rate fell 50 cents to $83.50. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, rose $1.60 to end at $183.60. The lowest buying rate gained 75 cents to $144.84, while the highest selling rate climbed $2.03 to end at $186.71 and the lowest selling rate rose 30 cents to $174.