He dollar price closed down the day of this Friday, August 18, 2023 and reached S/3.7110 after having closed at S/3.7190 the day before. This represented a drop of -0.22%, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year, it presents an accumulated annual variation of -2.52%.
At 2.00 pm the green ticket in the parallel market It was listed at S/3,700 for the purchase and S/3,725 for the sale. While the referential exchange rate in the banking market It was located at S/3,689 for the purchase and S/3,7310 for the sale at the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
During the day, the offer came from corporations, which caused the currency to reach a minimum price of S/3.7100, while the demand by non-residents added a maximum value of S/3.7200, reported Allisson Pérez, currency trader at Renta4 SAB. US$297 million were negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.7151.
At the international level, the Chinese government reported that it will continue to release liquidity in order to accelerate the country’s economic recovery. For their part, Latin American currencies closed positive and the dollar index (DXY) trading at 103.36.
Source: Larepublica
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