Wednesday, 20th November 2013 | The public bought the US dollar and the Pound sterling at slightly higher rates but got the Canadian dollar for less than on Tuesday as dealers bought the equivalent of total of US$29,262,926 and sold the equivalent of US$32,368,147.
In forex trading authorised dealers bought US$24,957,522 as the buying rate slipped 17 cents to $104.83 while they sold US$28,889,947 at 5 cents lower than on Tuesday to end at $105.81. The Canadian dollar had buying for C$2,490,331 as the rate was up $1.55 to $100.78 while selling amounted to C$2,036,329 as the rate was down 40 cents to $101.85. £1,009,075 was bought as the rate was up 91 cents to $169.10 and selling amounted to £847,500 with the rate increasing by 15 cents to $171.47.
The US$ was bought as high as $107.05 for a 5 cents increase and as low as $85.59 for an increase of 9 cents and was sold as high as $109.67 which is unchanged from Tuesday, the low for selling was at $102.50, up by $16.99.
The Canadian dollar went as high as $102.15 on buying or for 5 cents down, and the low was unchanged at $80.51, the high for the selling rate was $104.00, up 21 cents and there was no change to the low of $97.00.
The British Pound went for $172.60 for a 45 cents increase for the highest buy rate and was unchanged at $135.87 for the low as the highest sell rate fell $1.38 to $173.78 and the low was unchanged at $163.70.
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