Monday, 15th July 2013 | In today’s forex trading, the Jamaican dollar closed at a selling rate of $101.71 to the US dollar, down 9 cents and authorised dealers purchased the US dollar for $100.99, an increase of 22 cents. The Canadian dollar closed at a selling rate of $98.62, an increase of 47 cents. Authorised dealers purchased the Canadian dollar for $95.37, $1.21 less than on Friday. The Pound sterling closed at a selling rate of J$153.67 up 2 cents, while buying took place by authorised dealers at J$150.53 for a decline of 83 cents.
The total amount of currency bought was US$34.1 million while $29.74 million was sold. While there was US$5.4 million more US dollars purchased than sold, more Canadian dollars sold than was purchased as sales jumped to C$2.79 million versus only C$1.34 million bought.
There was little change in the highest and lowest rates for US dollar but the rate climbed by 50 cents for the highest buying rate which ended at $98.80 and 66 cents for the lowest buying rate which closed at $78.68. The highest selling rate for the Canadian dollar moved up by $1.02 in closing at $101.60 and the lowest selling rate rose by $1.20 to $94.70.
Highest rates traded in Pound sterling was $153.90 buying reflecting a 60 cents fall, while the buying rate declined by just 5 cent. The lowest selling rate climbed $1.40 to $149.20 and highest selling rates increased by $1.39 to $160.29.
