The price of dollar The exchange session of this Wednesday, April 19, 2023, closed with a slight setback and reached S/ 3.7760. This way, it depreciated -0.05% compared to Tuesday’s close when it stood at S/ 3.7780, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year, the currency has registered a variation of -0.76%.
At 1.45 pm the US currency in the parallel market It was quoted at S/3.76 for the purchase and S/3.79 for the sale. While the referential exchange rate in the banking market It was S/3.67 for the purchase and S/3.87 for the sale at the windows of the Banco de Crédito del Perú.
According to Fabiola Gutiérrez, Foreign Exchange trader at Renta4 SAB, during the day the offer came from local corporations, leading to dollar at a minimum level of S/3.7740. US$310 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.7770. The BCRP intervened by placing an exchange swap for sale for S/565 million at an average rate of 6.10%. Likewise, there were maturities of exchange swap sales for S/743 million.
The DXY index was trading at 101.93 at the close of the market.
“Currencies in Latin America were mixed on a day with no relevant data for the market, and there was also little fluctuation in the exchange rate. The offer would be explained by being within the tax payment schedule. Information regarding the labor and manufacturing market in the United States will be released tomorrow”Gutierrez commented.
Source: Larepublica
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