The exchange rate ended today’s session, Wednesday, April 17, at S/3.7470, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
Thus, it recorded a slight contraction of 0.21% compared to S/3.7550 on Tuesday.
In the parallel market, the green currency is at S/3.72 for purchase and S/3.75 for sale, according to information collected by La República in Jirón de la Unión. Meanwhile, in the banking market the dollar is at S/3,744 for purchase and sale at S/3,759.
According to the BCRP, the North American currency has accumulated a variation of 1.08% so far this year and in year-on-year terms, -0.98%.
Fabiola Gutiérrez, Currency trader at Renta4 SAB, told this newspaper that US$390 million were traded in the market at an average price of S/3.7436.
And, at a global level, comments from different institutions regarding the economic outlook of the United States were known through the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book survey: inflation will stabilize at a lower rate, there will be a slight growth in business activity economy, supported by the strength of the labor market, although with concerns in the manufacturing sector since there was a risk of an increase in the price of inputs.
Source: Larepublica
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