Tuesday, 30th July 2013 | Jamaicans got the US dollar for the same price as Monday at $101.86 and sold the currency for just 2 cents less on average to authorised dealers as US$28.6 million were purchased against US$27.1 million sold. Overall for all currencies traded US$34 million was purchased against US$31.7 sold on a day when the sale of Canadian was more than the amount purchased by just over C$1 million but the buying and selling rates for that currency slipped by 6 cents for the buying rate and 5 cents for the selling rate. There was more than a million pounds purchased than sold with the selling rate falling 76 cents to $155.64 and the buying rate moving up by 56 cents to $153.96.
Highest rates traded in buying the currencies were for the US dollar $102.20 down 30 cents, Canadian $100.30 up 55 cents, Pound sterling $156.70 down 40 cents while the lowest buying rates were the US dollar $83.67 an increase of 17 cents, Canadian $79.85 no change and the Pound sterling $126.53 down 5 cents.
Highest rates traded in selling the currencies were for the US dollar $107.21 same as the day before, Canadian $102.99 up 6 cents, Pound sterling $163.12 down 5 cents, while the lowest selling rates were the US dollar $98.83 up $15.16, Canadian $95.40 up $1.28 and Pound sterling $151.45 up by $2.05.
