With thecurrent trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banksduring the day is 24,846 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,479 VND/USD.
Theopening-hour rates at many commercial banks increased.
At 8:35 am,BIDV listed the buying rate at 24,295 VND/USD and the selling rate at 24,575VND/USD, both up 15 VND from the end of October 18.
Meanwhile,Vietcombank kept both rates unchanged at 24,240 VND/USD (buying) and theselling rate at 24,550 VND/USD (selling)./.