USD increases across the board; Japanese Yen continues to plummet

USD increased simultaneously

USD exchange rate today, April 16, USD VCB increased shockingly by 120 VND in both buying and selling directions, besides, the world USD increased rapidly after the announcement of US economic data.

The central VND/USD exchange rate announced by the State Bank today is adjusted to 24,096 VND/USD, an increase of 14 VND compared to the trading session on April 15.

Currently, the exchange rate allowed for trading by commercial banks ranges from 23,400 - 25,250 VND/USD. The US Dollar exchange rate has also been brought to the buying and selling range by the State Bank of Vietnam from 23,400 to 25,250 VND/USD.

The USD exchange rate at banks and domestic foreign exchange rates this morning recorded a series of upward adjustments at banks. Specifically, Vietcombank has a buying price of 24,930 and a selling price of 25,300, an increase of 120 VND compared to the trading session on April 15. The current USD buying and selling prices are in the range of 23,400 - 25,300 VND/USD.

In the world market, the Dollar Index (DXY), measuring the USD against 6 major currencies (EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, SEK, CHF), stopped at 106.20 points - up 0.18% compared to the transaction on April 15.

Japanese Yen continues to plummet

The Japanese Yen exchange rate today, April 16, continued to plummet, and the black market Yen exchange rate also decreased in both directions.

At Vietcombank, the buying rate is 158.38 VND/JPY and the selling rate is 167.63 VND/JPY, an increase of 0.17 VND in the buying direction and an increase of 0.18 VND in the selling direction.

At Vietinbank, the Yen exchange rate increased by 0.06 VND in both buying and selling directions, equivalent to 159.06 VND/JPY and 168.76 VND/JPY.

At BIDV, the Japanese Yen exchange rate increased by 0.28 VND in buying and increased by 0.29 VND in selling, reaching 159.14 VND/JPY and 167.62 VND/JPY, respectively.

At Eximbank, the buying price increased by 0.09 VND and the selling price increased by 0.15 VND, respectively at 160.71 VND/JPY and 165.42 VND/JPY.

At Techcombank, the Japanese Yen exchange rate increased by 0.37 VND in buying and increased by 0.41 VND in selling with prices of 156.89 VND/JPY and 169.37 VND/JPY, respectively.

At Sacombank, the Japanese Yen exchange rate increased by 0.37 VND in the buying and selling directions, corresponding to the prices of 161.56 VND/JPY and 166.59 VND/JPY.

According to the survey, today Sacombank is the bank with the highest buying rate of Japanese Yen and Eximbank is the bank with the lowest selling rate among the banks.

Domestic and world gold prices continue to rise

Gold price today April 16: SJC gold increased by more than 1 million VND per tael, bringing the price to 84 million VND/tael, world gold reversed and increased strongly again.

At the time of survey at 5:00 a.m. on April 16, the gold price on the trading floors of some companies was as follows:

DOJI listed the price of 9999 gold at 81.10 million VND/tael for buying and 84.10 million VND/tael for selling.

SJC gold price at Bao Tin Minh Chau Company Limited is also traded by the enterprise at 81.75 - 83.95 million VND/tael (buy - sell). Meanwhile, at Bao Tin Manh Hai, it is being traded at 81.50 - 84.25 million VND/tael (buy - sell).

According to Kitco, the world gold price recorded at 5:00 a.m. today, Vietnam time, was at 2,380.95 USD/ounce, a difference of 37.66 USD/ounce compared to yesterday's gold price. Converted according to the current exchange rate at Vietcombank, the world gold price is about 71.314 million VND/tael (excluding taxes and fees). Thus, the price of SJC gold bars is still 10.786 million VND/tael higher than the international gold price.