Thursday, 27th June 2013 | There was more selling of US dollar than on Wednesday and less buying by dealers but the actual purchases of US currency exceeded the sales of the US currency by US$7.6 million. There was more buying of the Pound Sterling and the Canadian dollars than the amounts sold to end users. Total buying amounted to the equivalent of US$25.767 million and selling was US$32.72 million.
The average rates for the US dollar inched down by 10 cents on the buy side and moved up 7 cents for sales with the selling rate closing at $101.38. That for the Canadian dollar gained 64 cents for the buying rate but was down 32 cents for the average sell rate, which moved to $96.66. The rate for the Pound fell 5 cents for the buying rate to close at $153.93 and was down 95 cents on the selling rate to end at $154.54.
Traders drop back the minimum selling rate for the US dollar by $14.31 to $84.19. On Thursday the rate moved by $16.17 to a $98.50 on the day when they bought at 20 cents less or at $101.80 at the highest price from the public than they did on Wednesday. The Canadian dollar traded again today at $96.80 at the high, no change for both the buying at the highs and lows. The lowest rate went up by 45 cents to $92.85 and the highest was down by 27 cents to $99.35. The Pound sterling buying was 30 cents more for the highest rate of $157 and $6.48 less for the lowest buying rate while the selling rates moved up by $1.48 on the highest of $160.71 and the lowest which was $150.2 was greater by $4 than on Wednesday.
