The price of dollar The day began with a slight decline this Wednesday, April 26, 2023 and reached S/ 3.7549, according to the Bloomberg agency. In this way, it fell 0.03% compared to S/ 3.7560 at the close of Tuesday, according to the report of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year the currency accumulates a variation of -1.34%.
At 9.20 am the green ticket in the parallel market was trading at S/3.73 for the purchase and S/3.76 for the sale. For its part, in the banking market it reached S/3,661 in purchases and S/3,842 in sales at the windows of Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
Internationally, the index of dollarwhich measures the currency against other major currencies, it fell 0.6% in a movement that pushed up the sterling pound and the euroaccording to the Reuters report.
Shares of San Francisco-based First Republic Bank hit a record low on Tuesday as deposits were revealed to have plunged by just over $100 billion, reigniting fears over smaller US lenders starting with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March.
In currency markets, the euro gained 0.8% to $1.1062. Sterling gained 0.6% to $1,249. The yen held steady at 133.4 percent dollar.
Meanwhile, Brent crude futures fell a further 0.3% to $80.56 a barrel, after falling nearly 4% overnight on risk-off sentiment. Gold settled just below $2,000 an ounce.
With information from Reuters.
Source: Larepublica
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