The price of dollar It opened the day this Thursday, September 21, higher and stood at S/3.7365, according to Bloomberg. This means an advance of 0.36% compared to the previous day’s close when it was quoted at S/3.7230, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year it has accumulated a variation of -2.21%.
At 9.30 am The US currency in the parallel market was at S/3.70 for purchase and S/3.73 for sale. While in the banking market the purchase reached S/3.6890 and the sale reached S/3.7830 in the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
The index of dollarwhich measures it against a basket of currencies, rose to 105.59, its highest level since March 9, pushing the yen near its weakest level since November.
The fall of Europe’s stock market and expectations that Wall Street’s move too meant the benchmark global stock index MSCI was firmly on track for a fifth day in the red.which will be its longest losing streak since March.
Commodity bulls were also pulling back. Oil prices, which have been rising since Saudi Arabia and Russia recently agreed to cut production, posted their biggest drop in a month.
Brent crude oil fell as much as 1.3% before settling at US$93.00 per barrel and US crude oil fell to US$88.37 before recovering to just over US$89.00. Gold also fell slightly to US$1,918.96 an ounce.
With information from Reuters.
Source: Larepublica
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