The green bill fell 0.06% compared to Tuesday’s close when it stood at S/3.8320, according to the BCRP.
He dollar price YoThe exchange session of this Wednesday, February 22, 2023, began downwards and was located at S/3.8297, according to Bloomberg. Which means a decline of 0.06% compared to the S/3.8920 reported at the close of the day before by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year, the currency accumulates a variation of 0.66%.
At 9.40 am the US currency in the parallel market It was quoted at S/3.81 for the purchase and S/3.84 for the sale. While the reference exchange rate in the exchange market the purchase was S/3,815 and the sale was S/3,909 at the windows of Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
The dollar rose slightly continuing near six-week highs on strong economic survey data released Tuesday, which showed that business activity in the United States unexpectedly recovered in February to reach its highest level in eight months. In the euro zone, a survey-based indicator of activity also rose, reaching a nine-month high.
Signs of economic strength prompted traders to book further interest rate hikes on the Federal Reserve (Fed). The S&P 500 stock index (.SPX) is down 2% and the dollar is up 0.3%.
The euro was down 0.15% at $1.063, just above Friday’s six-week low of $1.061. The dollar index rose 0.13% to 104.28not far from the six-week high of 104.67 reached at the end of last week.
With information from Reuters.
Source: Larepublica
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