The greenback fell 0.49% compared to Wednesday’s close. US$257 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.8639.
He dollar price hill down on the day of this Thursday, February 16, 2023 and was located at S / 3.8500. In this way, it presented a decline of 0.49% compared to Wednesday’s close, when it traded at S/3.8690, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year, the currency has registered a variation of 1.13%.
At 1:50 pm, the US currency in the parallel market was trading at S/3.84 for purchase and S/3.87 for sale. For its part, in the banking market it was bought at S/3,745 and sold at S/3,953 at the windows of Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
According to Asvim Asencios, Foreign Exchange trader at Renta4 SAB, during the day we have had a mixed flow. On the one hand, the offer from corporations to pay taxes led the dollar to a minimum level of S/3.8500 and on the other, the off shore demand that led to the dollar at a maximum level of S/3,879. US$257 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.8639.
At a global level, copper rose, despite the fact that the dollar it remained high and while investors wait for a reactivation of demand in China, which is the main consumer of this metal. In addition to this, the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 last week and reached 194,000, according to Asencios.
The dollar index traded at the close at 103.77
Source: Larepublica
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