The price of the dollar, after maintaining a downward trend in recent days, closes this Monday, May 15, slightly upward and stands at S/3.6680. This means an advance of 0.22%, compared to the close of Friday when it traded at its minimum level so far this year, S / 3.66, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
In it parallel market the green ticket was quoted at S/3,645 for the purchase and S/3,675 for the sale. While the referential exchange rate in the banking market It stood at S/3.6350 for the purchase and S/3.6990 for the sale at the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
During the day, the supply came from local corporations, with the dollar reaching a maximum level of S/3.6660, according to Fabiola Gutierrez, Foreign Exchange trader at Renta4 SAB. Likewise, US$195 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.6637. The BCRP intervened by placing an exchange swap for sale for S/ 200 million at an average rate of 5.60%.
At the international level, the currencies in Latin America were mixed in the face of a panorama of uncertainty perceived in the market. This is because last Friday the meeting between the United States government and Congress was postponed, leaving the debate on the increase in the debt ceiling on hold.
For their part, the statements by the presidents of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of Atlanta and Chicago agreed that it is not yet time to reduce interest rates because inflation is still far from the target goal of 2%. The latest inflation data showed a slight decrease of 4.9% in April.
Source: Larepublica
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