The dollar price today, Monday, January 3, 2022, opens at S / 3.9991, reported the Bloomberg portal. Meanwhile, in the parallel market, the currency is bought at S / 3,960 and sold at S / 4,000. The exchange rate closed with a cumulative 10.28%, according to the official report of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
This comes amid the announcement by the mining company MMG Ltd. to resume operations at its mining unit in The Bambas, in Apurímac; after the agreements reached on December 30 between the authorities and the various communities. According to the latest report from the Economic Operation Committee of the National Interconnected System (COES), on December 31, Las Bambas recovered the same electricity demand as before the stoppage of its activities, which occurred last Saturday, December 18, 2021.
This occurs on days when the copper a historic annual close is noted, after maintaining almost all of 2021 above US $ 4 a pound: a never seen annual average of US $ 4.2263, exceeding by 50.75% the average registered in 2020 (US $ 2.8034 ).
Meanwhile, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Metropolitan Lima experienced an increase of 0.78%, with this figure accumulated inflation in the capital closed the year at 6.43%, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). The monthly variation is the third highest in 2021 after August and March, when it registered an advance of 0.98% and 0.84%, respectively.
Meanwhile, the result at the end of the year was slightly above the 6.2% projection made by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). In addition, it is the highest rate in the last 13 years, since since 2008 (6.65%) it did not exceed six points.
While that happens, the Ministry of Health reported this Sunday, January 2, that the cases of the omicron variant in the country amounted to 309 in total, after 153 new infections were registered.
Through a statement, the ministry indicated that the cases of Lima and Callao come from almost all the districts. In addition, infections have been confirmed in Piura (5), Áncash (4), Ica (6), La Libertad (1), Arequipa (1), Huánuco (1), Loreto (2) and Apurímac (1). According to the Minsa, infections by the omicron variant represented 7.6% of cases in Lima and Callao; however, estimates are that it now corresponds to 53% of new cases.
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