The exchange rate began to fall on Tuesday, January 18, and stood at S/ 3.8491 at 09:04 am, which marks a setback at the close of last Monday, January 17, when it stood at S/ 3.8550 according to the report of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).
However, at 9:40 am the Bloomberg portal reported that the US currency continued to fall and stood at S/ 3.8420.
The purchase of the dollar in the parallel market is at S/ 3,820. As for the sale, it amounts to S / 3,870. Likewise, the price of the green ticket in the main banks of the country is quoted at S/ 3,818, the purchase and sale at S/ 3,868.
This happens after the Executive raised the capacity in the restaurants, shopping centers, cinemas and gyms, as part of the measures to face the third wave of infections.
Internationally, benchmark oil prices rose to their highest level since 2014 on a possible supply disruption after the attacks in the Middle East Gulf, coupled with an already limited supply outlook.
Thus, US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $1.23, or 1.5%, to $85.05 a barrel.
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