He dollar It closed the day of this Thursday, September 21, 2023 higher and stood at S/3.7410, which meant an advance of 0.48% compared to the close on Wednesday when it was quoted at S/3.7230, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year the currency has accumulated a variation of -1.73%.
At 2.40 p.m. The US currency in the parallel market was quoted at S/3.72 for purchase and S/3.74 for sale. While in the banking market the purchase reached S/3.6940 and the sale reached S/3.7830 at the windows of the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
According to Gianina Villavicencio, intermediation manager of Divisas de Renta4 SAB, during the day there was demand from the off shore market and local banks, taking the dollar to a maximum price of S/3.7480. US$428 million were traded in the market at an average price of S/3.7433. Foreign exchange swaps were placed for S/400 million at 1 year with a variable rate.
At a global level the dollar gains positions a day after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates stable between 5.25% and 5.5% but tightened its monetary policy with a new increase planned for the end of the year, according to Villavicencio. The dollar index was trading at 104.96 (+0.18%).
Source: Larepublica
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