The dollar It presented its eighth fall so far in January, yesterday it fell 0.44% and closed the day at S/ 3.8550; and so far this year it accumulates -3.41%, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
Juan Carlos Odar, director of Phase Consultores, reiterated to this newspaper that the downward trend is due to macroeconomic factors. Among those, according to Enrique Castellanos, professor of Economics at the Universidad del Pacífico, are the good level of export prices (mainly copper) and the good fishing season.
¿Buying or selling dollars?
Far from the S/ 4.00 barrier, many dollar users wonder if it is convenient to buy or sell them at the moment. In this regard, Odar warned that the user will be the one who decides whether to expose himself to exchange risk if there is a need. Otherwise, it would be advisable not to.
Therefore, Castellanos suggested that, As far as possible, a person who has excess liquidity could take advantage of those soles to buy the dollars they needto pay some debt, for example.
BVL closed in red
The S&P Peru General, the main index of the Lima Stock Exchange, registered -0.29% (23,418.02 integers) due to mining shares such as Cerro Verde (-2.95%), Siderperú (-2.33%) and Minsur (-1.89%). In addition, from the financial sector (-0.18%).
“These shares gained in the last 30 days, so we saw a technical drop,” said César Romero, head of Research at Renta4 SAB.
Data
Continuity. The stock market adds its second consecutive fall, and the third of the month. The shares that registered gains were industrial (0.67%), construction (0.11%), services and electricity; both with 0.23%.
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