Dollar price LIVE: know the exchange rate TODAY, Friday, January 7

Check the price of the dollar in Peru today, friday january 7, for the purchase and sale in the parallel market and in the main banks of the country. The North American currency opened with a price of S / 3.,9682, according to the Bloomberg portal. Likewise, in the last exchange session on January 6, the North American currency closed higher and was located at S / 3.9670, according to the report of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).

On an economic level, the Lima Stock Exchange (BLV) closed its trading day on January 6 with an increase of 1.57% in its daily index and it was positioned at 22,172.87 points. In this sense, there were 12 sectors that ended the day with gains, such as financial (2.22%), consumption (1.41%), industrial (0.54%), mining (0.83%) and construction (0.42%).

For its part, the board of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) made its reference interest rate official at 3.00%, as an action that is part of the normalization of its monetary policy. In December 2021, this indicator was at 2.50%, increasing by 50 bps. for January 2022. Thus, an amount was not recorded as the new rate since February 2018.

On the other hand, five communities in Ccpacmarca, a district located in Chumbivilcas (Cusco), have blocked a section of the southern mining corridor because they are waiting for a meeting between the affected communities, the Government and the president of the Council of Ministers. Mirtha Vasquez, to agree on contractual improvements. On December 30, 2021, the Government, the mining company MMG Las Bambas and the communities reached an agreement between the parties. However, full decisions are not yet made between all parties involved.