He dollar price closed the day of this Monday, August 21, up and was located at S / 3.7280, which meant an advance of 0.46% compared to Friday’s close when it was located at S/3.7110according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
At 2.00 pm the US currency 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 parallel market The purchase reached S/3.7030 and the sale at the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
Most Latin American currencies fell against a stable dollar on Monday. This came as measures by top crude and metals consumer China failed to impress, and traders waited for clues on future US interest rates, according to Reuters.
China cut its benchmark one-year lending rate by 10 basis points below expectations to stimulate credit demand
and also surprised markets by keeping the five-year rate unchanged amid concerns about a rapidly weakening currency.
Source: Larepublica
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