He dollar price it closed its first session of July higher and reached S/3.6350 this Monday. This meant an advance of 0.25% over the close of Friday, June 30, when it fell to S/3.6260, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCPR).
At 1:50 pm, the green ticket in the parallel market was trading at S/3,610 for the purchase and S/3,635 for the sale. For its part, the referential exchange rate in the banking market reached S/3.6140 for purchases and S/3.6620 for sales at Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
According to Asvim Asencios, Foreign Exchange Trader at Renta4 SAB, during the day there was upward pressure due to offers in the offshore market, with the dollar reaching a maximum level of S/3.634. While in the market US$291 million were traded at an average price of S/3.6253.
Today, currency Repos for S/1,000 million also expired, of which S/ 60 million were renewed at an average rate of 8.11% for 1 month and S/500 million in foreign exchange swaps for sale. The BCRP intervened by placing Sale Exchange Swaps for S/ 800 million.
At a global level, the dollar continues to gain positions, after the publication of lower US inflation data on Friday, today the dollar had limited activity due to tomorrow’s Independence Day holiday.
“Investors are waiting for the employment data, where it is expected that the economy has created 225,000 jobs in June, lower than in May, but the result is still favorable,” Asencios concluded.
Source: Larepublica
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