This morning (April 3), the State Bank listed center exchange rate is at 24,020 VND/USD, an increase of 15 VND compared to yesterday’s closing price With the current 5% margin, the USD price at commercial banks is allowed to range from 22,819 VND to 25,221 VND.
The selling rate at the State Bank’s Exchange also increased by 16 VND. bringing the trading range up from 23,400 VND to 25,171 VND.
USD prices at banks continued to increase in the session on April 3. USD prices at Vietcombank – the bank with the largest foreign currency transaction scale in the listed system at 24,750-25,120 VND (buy – sell) increased by about 180 VND each way compared to last weekend.
At the banking group USD price of private goods also increased continuously today. Some units this morning listed USD prices at 24,820-24,221 VND (buy – sell), an increase of about 180 VND from the beginning of the week, reaching the ceiling price allowed for trading (25,221 VND), but in the afternoon session there was a downward adjustment. Current USD price at private banks is around 24,820-25,120 VND (buy – sell).
Foreign currency exchange agencies on the free market list USD price at 25,440-25,540 VND/ USD (buy – sell) continued to increase by 20 VND in each direction compared to the opening time of the morning session. Thus, the USD on the “black market” market has increased by 60 VND each way compared to the price at the end of yesterday.
The domestic USD price has been on an upward trend since the beginning of the year. Especially in the last 2 days, the upward momentum has been somewhat stronger after the State Bank stopped issuing bills. Previously, the currency operator had 3 consecutive weeks of withdrawing money on the interbank market.
And on the international market USD-Index – a measure of the strength of the greenback with a basket of currencies major currencies – currently reaching 104,84 points, down slightly by 0.2% compared to before but still up 3.55% compared to the beginning of the year. In the previous session, this index even exceeded 105 points, but with gold’s “galloping” increase, the USD was under a lot of pressure, so it dropped.
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