In Friday’s forex trading, authorized dealers bought the equivalent of US$33,052,457 versus US$29,089,690 on Thursday, and sold the equivalent of US$30,402,196 compared to US$34,347,093 on Thursday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$28,114,105 compared to US$25,479,719 on Thursday. The buying rate for the US dollar fell 19 cents to $112.11 and US$27,347,731 was sold versus US$30,449,315 on Thursday, the selling rate remained unchanged at $112.82. The Canadian dollar buying rate rose 31 cents to $102.12 with dealers buying C$2,156,405 and selling C$1,311,348, the selling rate rose 50 cents to $103.31. The Pound closed at $186.09, for the purchase of £1,436,894 as the rate rose 2 cents while £858,161 was sold, as the rate declined by 21 cents to $188.10. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$589,055 while selling was the equivalent of US$156,815.
Highs & Lows| The highest and lowest buying rates for the US dollar and the highest selling rate remained unchanged, at $113.10, $91.85 and $117.70 respectively and the lowest selling rate climbed $18.15 to $110. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar, declined by 5 cents to $103.30 and the lowest buying rate was unchanged at $81.76. The highest selling rate declined 36 cents to $105.68 and the lowest selling rate rose 15 cents to $98.65. The highest buying rate for the British Pound rose $1.40 to $190.20, the lowest buying rate fell 33 cents to $150.48. The highest selling rate fell $3.26, to $191.85 and lowest selling rate rose $26.26 to $181.30.
Jamaican $ holds against US$
August 15, 2014 by
