The exchange rate closed today with S/3.7450, 0.27% less than yesterday, where it targeted S/3.7550, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
In the parallel market, the greenback is now at S/3.71 for purchase and S/3.75 for sale; while in banking, the purchase and sale is at S/3,738 and S/3,751, respectively.
During the day, the exchange rate opened the market upwards, reaching its maximum price of the week with S/3.7650. Along these lines, the demand came from the maturities of Exchange Swaps Sale for S/330 million, while the offer came from the offshore ones. Likewise, US$304 million were traded in the market at an average price of S/3.7521, explains Allison Pérez, Foreign Exchange Trader at Renta4 SAB.
Meanwhile, S&P Global Ratings lowered Peru’s rating from “BBB” to “BBB-“, the reason for this rating being political uncertainty and Fitch Ratings reported that in addition to having a negative credit rating, Peru’s outlook also takes the same behavior.
So far this year, the dollar has accumulated a variation of 1.03% and in interannual terms, 0.03%, according to the BCRP.
Source: Larepublica
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