Wednesday, 30th October 2013 | On Wednesday, trading in the foreign exchange market resulted in the equivalent of US$25,072,635 being purchased by dealers and $25,644,245 being sold.
Trading in US dollars was virtually even with buying of US$19,459,826 at an average rate of $104.43, up 3 cents and US$19,349,509 being sold at $105.08, up 3 cents for the day. C$3,081,133 was bought up 83 cents to end at $99.97 and C$4,541,925 was sold at $101.89 down by 14 cents. £1,522,895 was bought resulting in an increase of $1.63 at $169.14 and £1,065,989 was sold at $169.83 up 76 cents.
The highest buying rate for the US dollar was $106.30 up 40 cents and the lowest was unchanged at $85.17; the highest selling rate fell by 21 cents to $109.14 and the lowest dropped by $16.83 to $85.17.
The highest rate for the Canadian dollar was 60 cents up at $102.00 the lowest as unchanged at $79.93 while the highest selling was 50 cents down at $103.50 as the lowest remained unchanged at $96.30.
The British Pound went up by 25 cents at $171.00 at the highest buying rate and was up 24 cents for the lowest buying rate at $135.95; selling was 33 cents higher at $175.27 for the highest selling rate and $27.55 down for the lowest at $136.95.
