Wednesday, 18th September 2013 | The buying of forex saw the amount sold to end users being just above the purchases by authorized dealers with US$27.66 bought and US$28.5 being sold.
USD Trades | It cost more for end users of the US dollar as the average selling rate increased by 8 cents to $102.645 as dealers sold US$25.28 million while they bought $23.97 million at 17 cents more than on Tuesday at $101.914. The US dollar traded as high as 40 cents more at the highest buying rate, which hit $103.50 and sold it as high as $108.07, the same rate as the day before but hiked the lowest selling rate by $15.66 to $100. The rate for buying at the low end remained unchanged at $84.34.
Canadian | The Canadian dollar was sold for just 2 cents more at $99.75 with C$422,718 being sold and C$885,668 purchased at an average rate of $97.874 which is 54 cents less than on Tuesday. Traders bought the currency as high as 15 cents more at $100.60 and as low as $80.22 or 4 cents less. On the sell side the highest rate declined 5 cents to $103.42 and the lowest rate moved up by 30 cents to $97.
British Pound | The Pound put on $1.23 to reach $162.27 as dealers bought £1,736,444 and sold £1,667,499 at $1.09 more at $164.65. The Pound was bought as high as $1.60 more at $165.60 and as low as $132.30 or 50 cents more and sold at the highest rate of $170.56, a 64 cents increase and the lowest rate moved down by 90 cents to $155.80.
