With the current trading band of +/- 3 percent, the ceilingrate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,897 VND/USD and thefloor rate 22,502 VND/USD.
The opening-hour rates listed at commercial banks sawincreases.
At 8:30am, Vietcombank listed the buying rateat 22,880 VND/USD and the selling rate at 23,150 VND/USD, both up 20 VND fromDecember 16.
Meanwhile, BIDV cut the buying rate by 35 VND andraised the selling rate by 5 VND, listing at 22,905 VND/USD and 23,150 VND/USD,respectively./.