Jamaica’s foreign currency market activity returned to normal on Friday with trading at midday showing buying and selling almost even, unlike the previous two days when selling was well below buying. On Friday at midday, dealers purchased US$7.7 million at an average rate of J$125.24 and sold US$6.96 million at an average of J$125.98.
At mid-day on Thursday dealers purchased US$15.39 million at an average rate of J$125.49 while selling US$7.72 million at an average of J$126.05.
On Friday, the rate of exchange to buy the US dollar by the public, declined for the fourth time for the week to $125.98 as dealers sold US$30.35 million in US dollars, compared to US$38.51 million at an average rate of $126.08 on Thursday.
US currency purchases amounted to US$30.77 million on Friday, at an average rate of $124.73, compared to Thursday, with US$32.67 million at $125.
Dealers’ purchased US$34.27 million, versus US$42.48 million on Thursday in all currencies in Jamaica’s Forex market and sold just US$32.6 million compared with US$46.15 million sold, previously.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar jumped to J$98.60 from J$95.16 at the close on Thursday. The selling rate for the British Pound slipped to J$169.10 versus J$169.72 previously and the euro gained value against the Jamaican dollar, moving to J$150.96 to buy the European common currency, versus prior selling rate of J$148.55.
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December 1, 2017 by
