The dollar price closed the day of this Thursday, January 19, 2023, and stood at S/ 3.8600. In this way, it presented an advance of 0.44% compared to the close of Wednesday, when it traded at S/3.8430, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). The last time the currency was close to this price was on December 5, 2022, when it closed at S/3.8590.
At 1.50 pm the North American currency in the parallel market It was trading at S/3.83 for the purchase and S/3.87 for the sale. For his part, in the banking market it was bought for S/3,962 and sold for S/3,757 at the windows of Banco de Crédito del Perú.
According to Asvim Asencios, Foreign Exchange trader at Renta4 SAB, during the day the dollar was strongly pressured upwards by the demand of non-residents, due to their aversion to risk, leading the dollar to a maximum level of S/3.8680, due to to the constant protests that the country is still experiencing today.
The BCRP intervened by placing Sale Exchange Swap for S/293 million. US$342 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.8635.
At a global level, the dollar index was trading at 101.8 at market close, falling back against the other currencies due to different macro data that show that the economy is slowing down after multiple interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve ( fed).
Source: Larepublica
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