Tuesday, 29th October 2013 | Trading in the forex market resulted in the equivalent of US$26,900,375 being purchased by dealers and $29,404,180 being sold.
Trading in US dollars showed more selling than buying with US$23,073,680 being bought at an average rate of $104.45, up 7 cents and US$26,171,118 being sold at $105.05, up a cent on the day, C$1,142,152 was bought at 31 cents more to end at $99.14 and C$1,895,221 was sold at $102.03 up by $1.23. £1,510,755 was bought with the rate falling 83 cents at $167.51 and £744,001 was sold at $169.83 up 13 cents.
Highs & Lows | The highest buying rate for the US dollar was $105.90 down 40 cents and the lowest was unchanged at $85.17; the highest selling rate increased by 21 cents to $109.35 and the lowest jumped $16.83 to $102.00.
The highest rate for the Canadian dollar was 60 cents lower at $101.40; the lowest was unchanged at $79.93 while the highest selling was 50 cents up at $104.00 as the lowest remained unchanged at $96.30.
The British Pound went down by 25 cents at $170.75 for the highest buying rate and down 24 cents for the lowest buying rate at $135.71; selling was 33 cents lower at $174.94 for the highest selling rate and $27.55 more for the lowest at $163.50.