According to official statistics, the volume of exchange market operations in April totaled 924.7 million dollars (US$38.5 million daily average), showing a 0.97% decrease with respect to the level registered in the previous month. Of the total, 500.5 million dollars corresponded to purchasing operations and 424.3 million dollars to sales.
The operations of financial and exchange entities with the public totaled 863.0 million dollars, this being 5.6 percent lower than the previous month, and 19.3 percent in year-on-year terms. On the other hand, the operations of the Government, Banks and Financial Institutions with the NCB, through the exchange rate, totaled 61.7 million dollars, a volume three times greater than last month (US$19.1 million).
During the month, the purchase gap presented a minimum of -1.16% and a maximum of 0.10%, with a 0.13% average. On the other hand, the sales gap was between a minimum of 0.63% and a maximum of 1.83%, with an average of 0.96%.
In the first seven months of the year, trading volume totaled $6,548 million, 20% lower than the same period in 2018.
From the Central Bank of Nicaragua report:
According to published statistics, in July there were lower pressures in the exchange market, which led to lower volumes of purchases and sales of foreign exchange, observing a reduction in the exchange gap when compared to those recorded in the same month last year.
The volume of operations totaled $3.413 million during the fourth quarter of 2018 in Nicaragua, recording an increase of just 1% over the same period in 2017.
From the Central Bank of Nicaragua report:
The volume traded (purchases + sales) of foreign currency in the exchange market totaled 3,413.0 million dollars during the fourth quarter of 2018 (daily average of US$44.3 million), showing a 1.1 percent increase with respect to the fourth quarter of the previous year, mainly because of the increase in the operations of the BCN's foreign exchange desk with banks and financiers.
The volume of operations in the foreign exchange market totaled $1.067 billion during July 2018, registering an increase of 13% with respect to the same month in 2017.
The volume of operations in the exchange market totaled 1,068.0 million dollars in the month of July (purchases: US $447.0 million and sales US $620.9 million), with a daily average of 44.5 million dollars, reported the Central Bank of Nicaragua.
The volume of operations totaled $3.439 billion during the second quarter of the year, registering an increase of 12% with respect to the same period in 2017.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) reported that the operations of financial and exchange entities with the public totaled US $3.0542 billion, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 2.1%.In relation to the operations of the Government, banks and financial institutions with the BCN, through the Exchange Desk, they totaled 384.5 million dollars (US $71.9 million in the II quarter of 2017).