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How do you work out spot rates using this format?

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FM Financial Management Forums › How do you work out spot rates using this format?

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  • December 2, 2010 at 12:54 am #46483
    londonacca
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    This is from the technical article on Foreign Currency Risk:
    E/£ 1.2025 + – 0.03 giving spot rates 1.2028 – 1.2022

    But what about this one: (This is the ‘SDT’ company question if you have the BPP kit)

    Yen/ £ 199.887 + – 0.9 giving a rate of 200.032

    What are the rules when the spots are given in this + – format?

    Thanks in advance.

    December 2, 2010 at 6:54 am #72304
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    +,- format means you have to add it and then substract it from the single rate given in the question. then you get two rates that is sell and buy rate of currency.

    December 2, 2010 at 7:06 am #72305
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    Hi. Yep, I understand that for the first one. But adding 0.9 to 199.887 gives 200.787 not 200.032

    Expansion on the question:
    How do you calculate these spot rates?
    Yen/ £ 199.887 + – 0.9 giving a rate of 200.032
    US$/ £ 1.7723 + – 0.0103 giving a rate of 1.7775
    Euro/ £ 1.4708 + – 0.0105 giving a rate of 1.4784

    So, when I add 1.7723 + 0.0103, I get 1.7826, not 1.7775
    And when I add 1.4708 + 0.0105, I get 1.4813 not 1.4784

    Cheers

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