{"id":2110,"date":"2021-01-20T12:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2021-01-20T12:46:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T12:46:33","slug":"us-dollar-sold-at-rs161-in-pakistan-on-jan-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/20\/us-dollar-sold-at-rs161-in-pakistan-on-jan-20\/","title":{"rendered":"US dollar sold at Rs161 in Pakistan on Jan 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The buying rate of the US dollar was Rs160.3, while its selling rate was Rs161 on Wednesday, January 20.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/US-dollar-stocks-sold-market-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"US-dollar-stocks-sold-market-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" 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investment flows also hurt the traders\u2019 sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s foreign direct investment fell 30% to $953 million in the six months of this fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Dealers said they expected the rupee to weaken marginally in the coming sessions, owing to the ongoing bout of demand pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the following were the rates of the US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound, the UAE&#8217;s Dirham, and other foreign currencies in the open market.<\/p>\n<p>The information has been obtained from the Forex Association of Pakistan.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2112\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/dollar-us-currency-exchange-rate-pakistan-ruppee-dailyrapidnews-rapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"dollar-us-currency-exchange-rate-pakistan-ruppee-dailyrapidnews-rapidnews\" width=\"578\" height=\"359\" 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