Dollar in Peru: exchange rate closed down at S / 3.9610 this Tuesday, December 28

For the second day in a row, the dollar closed lower and stood at S / 3.9610 in operations on Tuesday, December 28. This is the lowest reduction since last October 21, when it closed at S / 3,952. The greenback started the day at S / 3.9773, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).

This price is in line with the forecasts in August Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the BCRP, which last September had estimated that the greenback would be below the S / 4 threshold before the end of 2021.

In this way, the currency decreased by 0.33% compared to the close of last Monday, December 27, when it stood at S / 3.9740. The purchase in the parallel market was located at S / 3.95 and the sale at S / 3.98. As for the price of the dollar in the windows of the main banks, the purchase is located at S / 3,957 and the sale at S / 3,991.

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As well as the Peruvian sol, different Latin American currencies have operated with gains at the close of this Tuesday, December 28, such as the Chilean peso, with a gain of 0.15%, and the Mexican peso, with 0.23%.

During the day, the issuing entity went to the market to place Interest Rate Swap for a term of 6 months for S / 25 million at the average rate of 3.06% and Exchange Swap Sale for S / 55 million at 9 months, at an average rate of 0.59%. Likewise, it accumulates a gain of 9.45% against the sun so far in 2021, after closing at S / 3,619 in 2020.

This occurs after the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) It will inform, by means of a press release, that it carries out coordination prior to the meeting called for Thursday, December 30, where the dialogue with the peasant communities of Chumbivilcas will continue on their demands to the Las Bambas mining company. Coordinations are in charge of advanced teams of the PCM.