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16 May, 11:40

In the London market, Rolls-Royce stock closed at £0.875 per share. On the same day, the British Pound sterling to the U. S. dollar spot exchange rate was £0.6366/$1.00. Rolls Royce trades as an ADR in the OTC market in the United States. Five underlying Rolls-Royce shares are packaged into one ADR. If the Rolls Royce ADRs were trading at $5.75 when the underlying shares were trading in London at £0.875, ignoring transaction costs, the arbitrage trading profit would be A. $0.00. B. $1.12. C. $2.12. D. $3.12.

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  1. 16 May, 11:56
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    B. $1.12

    Explanation:

    The computation of arbitrage trading profit is shown below:-

    Euro Share price = £0.875

    Spot rate R = £0.6366/$1.00

    1 ADR Share price in US = $5.75

    1 ADR = 5 share of shares

    Now, The actual price of 1 ADR P1 = 5 * Euro Share price : Share price in US

    = 5 * £0.875 : £0.6366

    = $6.87

    Therefore, The Arbitrage profit = Actual price - trading price

    = Actual price - Price in US

    = $6.87 - $5.75

    = $1.12

    Therefore for computing the arbitrage trading profit we simply applied the above formula.
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