Monday, 16th September 2013 | The buying price for the US dollar fell slightly by a cent as authorised dealers bought US$37,622,636 at $101.837 and sold US$37,803,396 at 8 cents more than on Friday at $102.53. The Canadian was bought for $97.6266, down a cent as C$1,314,269 was purchased but they sold the currency for 16 cents less than on Friday at $99.30 with C$889,856 purchased. Purchasing of the Pound amounted to £1,322,607 at an average of $160.0845, which was 50 cents less than Friday’s rate and selling amounted to £952,876.91 at 34 cents more at $163.57.
Overall the equivalent of $41.2 million was purchased and US$40.46 was sold.
There was no change in the lowest buying rate and the highest selling rate for the United States dollar, which stood at $84.34 and $108.07 respectively but the highest buying rate moved up 40 cents to $103.50 and the lowest selling rate was down $15.63 to $84.17.
Changes in the Canadian currency was moderate with a 15 cents fall in the highest buying rate that ended at $99.65 and 13 cents off the lowest buying rate which closed at $80.05. The highest selling rate remained unchanged at $103.36 and 20 cents was put on the lowest at $96.35.
The British Pound was bought for 5 cents more at the highest level of $163.50 with no change to the lowest buying rate at $131.56, but the highest selling rate jumped $4.54 to $169.13 and the lowest was up $2.40 to $158.
