Thursday, 24th October 2013 | The forex market settled on Thursday with purchasing of US$29,652,775 by dealers and selling of US$28,150,839 on a day when the US dollar moved up slightly on both the selling and buying end while the rates for the Canadian fell by more than $1 for buying and selling but the Pound had mixed fortunes.
A total of US$24,976,554 traded at $104.51, up 3 cents while the US dollar selling amounted to US$26,184,112 as it traded at $104.996 up 6 cents. Purchases of C$1,372,188 traded at $99.85 down $1.02 and selling amounted to C$923,239 as the rate closed at $101.52 down $1.22. Buying for the British Pound amounted to £2,026,134 trading at an average of $167.92 up 54 cents and the amount sold was £467,762 at $169.91, down 41 cents.
Highs & Lows | The highest buying rate for the US dollar was at $106.00 down 50 cents while the lowest was unchanged at $85.17 the same applied to the highest selling rate of $109.14 but the lowest selling rate went up $2.02 to $87.19. The Canadian was sold as high as $102.50, down 50 cents and the low was at $80.63, down by 63 cents. The high rate for selling was $104.75, a decline of 25 cents and the low was at $98.35, up by 45 cents.
The Pound went as high as $172.50 an increase of 90 cents, while the low was $135.79 down 16 cents, but selling took place as high as $175.27 up 92 cents and the low was at $163.60, a decline of 20 cents.