Thursday 12 September 2013 | The total amount of trading in the forex market today resulted in the equivalent of only $20.544 million being purchased by dealers and selling of US$23.15 million.
There was buying of US$17,725,514 on Thursday at an average of $101.4957, which was lower by 25 cents at the end of the day than on Wednesday, while the average selling rate remained unchanged at $102.373 as US$19,863,112 was sold.
C$633,927 was purchased at $97.112 at 35 cents more than the day before and selling accounted for 493,436 at $99.0554 an increase of 18 cents and the Pound sterling was purchased $160.6002 or $1.43 more than on Wednesday for £1,341,124 while selling amounted to £1,711,750 up $1.09 to $163.009 at the close.
The lowest selling rate fell for all three main foreign currencies. There was no change for the highest price for the US dollar at $103.15 but the lowest buying price moved up by 17 cents to $84.34 and the highest selling rate increased by 21 cents to $108.07. The Canadian highest buying rate moved up 25 cents to $99.60, while the lowest was unchanged at $79.85 but the highest selling rate increased by 80 cents to $102.93 and there was a 15 cents drop in the lowest selling rate to $96.
The Pound sterling cost 80 cents more to buy at the top at $163.50 and 79 cents more at the bottom at $131.14. Selling at the peak was 53 cents more costly than on Wednesday at $169.06 and $3.80 cheaper to sell at the low of $153.
