Trading in the Jamaican foreign exchange market on Friday, resulted in a big difference between purchases and sales, with purchasing of all currencies ending at US$42.05 million and outflows at US$26.69 million.
Purchases by dealers on Thursday amounted to the equivalent of US$83.06 million while dealers sold US$59.28 million.
At the end of trading, the US dollar was sold at J$129.52 from J$129.65 previously while dealers bought the US currency at an average of J$128.42 versus J$128.87 on Thursday.
In USA dollar trading, inflows ended at US$38.63 million versus US$76.39 million on Thursday with outflows of US$24.41 million compared to US$53.52 million.
The selling rate for the Canadian dollar rose to J$104.30 from J$103.77 at the close on Thursday while the British Pound was more costly, with J$167.22 buying the British currency versus J$165.72 and the euro, gained in value against the Jamaican dollar, with it taking J$153.82 to buy the European common currency, versus J$153.55 previously.
US$ Demand falls sharply in Jamaica – Friday
September 1, 2017 by