For the fourth consecutive session, the dollar closed lower and stood at S / 3.9750 in the operations of the Wednesday, October 13, after starting the day at S / 4.0318, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
In this way, the greenback left for the first time, in almost two and a half months, the threshold of S / 4.00 to which it climbed on July 30, when it traded at S / 4.0700. However, this price is still far from the s / 3.9280 with which it closed before the takeover of Pedro Castillo.
Thus, the currency took refuge by 1.58% compared to the close of last Tuesday, October 12, when it stood at S / 4.0390. And 3.94% since the entry of Mirtha Vásquez as president of the Council of Ministers, and the ratification of the president of the BCRP, Julio Velarde.
Likewise, the Peruvian sol was the most appreciated currency in Latin America with 1.68%; as reported by Bloomberg.
During the day, the BCRP did not intervene. It only placed CDV BCRP for S / 561.8 million; and a one-week deposit for S / 2,499.8 million. Thus, as Overnight Deposits, for S / 12,800 million.
For its part, the greenback is traded in the main banks of the country in S / 3,9805 the purchase and S / 4,001 the sale. The exchange houses and ordinary money changers, meanwhile, offer the currency at S / 3.96 for the purchase and S / 4.00 for the sale.
At the international level, green ticket fell back from a one-year high on Wednesday as longer-term Treasury yields fell after US inflation data showed prices rose solidly in September, anticipating tightening expectations. of the Federal Reserve.
The consumer price index rose 0.4% last month.
Short-term Treasury yields, which typically move in tandem with interest rate expectations, rose after the report, while longer-term yields fell.
The dollar index fell 0.347% to 94.195 from Tuesday, when it touched 94.563, its highest level since the end of September 2020.
With information from Reuters.
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