Quiet FX trading starts the week

The foreign exchange market started the week quietly with total inflows of foreign currency just exceeding the amount sold. Although the amount of US dollars sold exceeded the amount bought by dealers.
The Jamaican dollar gained slightly against the US dollar and the British Pound but slipped against the Canadian dollar, in Monday’s forex trading. Authorized dealers purchased the equivalent of US$28,048,552 versus US$49,065,272 on Friday. The equivalent of US$27,425,753 was sold, compared with US$60,366,852 on Friday.
In US dollar trading, dealers bought US$21,894,747 compared to US$43,058,325 on Friday. The buying rate for the US dollar was down 29 cents to $112 and US$24,610,116 was sold versus US$56,237,305 on Friday, the selling rate remained at $112.65. The Canadian dollar buying rate, declined $1.79 to $97.71 with dealers buying C$1,149,363 and selling C$665,092, at an average selling rate that climbed 32 cents, to $100.81. The rate for buying the British Pound is up 6 cents to $179.28, for the purchase of £3,095,809, while £1,322,505 was sold, at $180.55, down 15 cents. Other currencies bought, amounted to the equivalent of US$195,275, while selling was for the equivalent of US$100,790.
Highs & Lows| The highest buying rate for the US dollar, closed 25 cents higher, at $113, the lowest buying, the highest selling and the lowest selling rates, were unchanged at $91.85, $117.70 and $91.85 respectively. The highest buying rate for the Canadian dollar fell 80 cents to $100.20, the lowest buying rate lost 50 cents to $79.76, the highest selling rate fell 7 cents to $103.47. The lowest selling rate closed down 10 cents to $96.10. The highest buying rate for the British Pound, dropped $1.30 to $180.70, the lowest buying rate fell 37 cents to $144.59. The highest selling rate, rose 74 cents to $186.39 and the lowest selling rate declined $1.60 to $174.20.