Exchange rate LIVE: see the exchange rate TODAY, Friday, December 17

Check the price of the dollar in Peru today, Friday, December 17, for the purchase and sale in the parallel market and in the main banks. The US currency opened with a price of S / 4.0389, according to the Bloomberg portal. On Thursday, December 16, the greenback closed with a value of S / 4.0400, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).

Unlike Wednesday, December 15, the day on which the dollar ended its day with a value of S / 4,055, according to the BCRP, on Thursday 16, the US currency closed at S / 4,0400, which is equivalent to a decrease of 0.15%. On that date, the greenback opened lower with a value of S / 4.0470.

In the economic sphere, on Thursday 16, the value of gold in the market gained 1% after the Federal Reserve (Fed) from U.S decide withdraw its bonds from the pandemic by early 2022. Thus, while the price of this resource decreased, the dollar fell and, despite the rebound of riskier assets, generated bullion profits.

For its part, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property (Indecopi) ordered the withdrawal of Tottus ice cream from the market for exceeding the legal limit of Trans fat that a food can contain. In addition, the company PwC Peru indicated, through a survey, that 77% of the companies have already returned to the presence throughout 2021 or plan to do so during the next year.