Thursday, 30 January 2014 | The rate for the Jamaican dollar slipped by 11 cents against the US dollar as dealers bought US$27,351,446 at an average rate of $106.91 for a rise of 10 cents and sold US$27,496,495 at 11 cents more than on Wednesday.
The rate for the Canadian dollar climbed $1.11 to $95.75 as C$1,720,196 was bought and C$1,303,032 was sold at an average rate of $96.50, a fall of $1.14. There was buying of £1,956,646 at an average rate of $175.99, an increase of 45 cents and £1,249,474 was sold at $177.30 for a fall of 88 cents.
Other currencies that were bought amounted the equivalent of US$1,231,239 with US$1,489,659 being sold. Overall there was buying of the equivalent of US$33,344,310 and equivalent of US$32,217,463 was sold.
Highs & Lows | The highest buying rate for the US dollar fell by 15 cents to end at$108.25, while the others remained unchanged with the lowest buying closing at $87.68, the highest selling rate at $112.35 and the low at $104.05.
The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar dropped $1.50 to end at $97, the lowest buying rate increased by 16 cents to end at $77.27 while the highest selling rate remained unchanged at $100 and the low ended up by 10 cents to $93.10.
The highest buying rate for the Pound remained at $178.50. The lowest buying rate went down by $3.53 to $143.18, the highest selling rate moved down by 26 cents to $181.12 while the lowest selling rate moved up by $2.50 to $172.50.
