Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The exchange rate of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) against the US dollar remained stable in early hours transactions on Monday in inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market.
The US dollar was quoted at BDT 78.48 unchanged from the previous level.
“The BDT may depreciate slightly against the greenback by the end of the day,” a senior treasury official of bank hinted.
However, the exchange rate of the US dollar at customer level rose to BDT 79.1237 on Sunday from BDT 79.0577of the previous working day.
On the other hand, the inter-bank call money rate remained stable in the range between 2.25 per cent and 4.50 per cent on the day mainly due to sufficient inflow of fund into the market.
The volume of overall transactions in the inter-bank call money market came down to BDT 45.18 billion on Sunday from BDT 47.28 billion of the previous working day.
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