The price of the dollar closed higher this Thursday, June 23, with a price of S / 3.7630. Thus, it had an advance of 0.91% in relation to the close of Wednesday when it reached S / 3.7290, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank (BCRP).
For its part, in the parallel market the greenback it was quoted at S/ 3,730 for the purchase and S/ 3,770 for the sale. Meanwhile, in the interbank market the purchase was located at S/ 3,733 and the sale was S/ 3,756.
In the local market, US$ 280 million were traded at an average price of S/ 3.7534. The demand came largely from corporate and currency swap maturities for S/ 385 million.
In addition, the BCRP intervened placing Exchange Swap Sale for S/ 700 million and sold US$ 50 million at an average exchange rate of S/ 3,766.
“The dollar has gained positions and is trading at the close of the market at 104.02 due to growing concerns about a possible recession in USA on the second day of the appearance of the president of the Fed, Jerome Powell”, explained Asvim Asencios, Foreign Exchange Trader of Renta4 SAB.
At the international level, copper reached minimum prices and with this increased concerns about the evolution of the local economy in the face of a possible lower demand for metals and commodities in which we are the main exporters.
Source: Larepublica