Today, Friday, February 11, the dollar price closed the week with an upward trend.
The price of dollar went from S/ 3.74 to S/ 3.77 at the interbank level, informed the Central Reserve Bank (BCR).
Initially the greenback The exchange session opened lower and fell to S/ 3.72, but as the day progressed it cut losses and rose around 0.90%.
Despite this, with the results recorded so far this 2022, the american currency it has fallen a total of 5.39%.
The current price of dollar it is still at one of the lowest levels reported in the last eight and a half months.
It is worth mentioning that during the morning, the dollar fell in line with the regional outlook as most Latin American currencies were trading at a profit.
According to Archyde.com, this occurred due to a recomposition of portfolios of investors and the rise in oil prices, an important generator of foreign currency in the region.
Added to this was the publication of the consumer confidence index data in U.S, which reached a level of 61.7 in February, a figure lower than expected by analysts. This data counterbalanced the inflation data revealed in the previous session.
“The high inflation figure would normally support the dollar, reinforcing the idea that the Federal Reserve is going to tighten its monetary policy, but this seems to be only part of the picture (…) Against this background, it seems that many investors moved to close winning positions in the dollar after the publication of inflation, a dynamic that reversed early gains and paved the way for a volatile session in FX markets,” said Ricardo Evangelista, Senior Analyst at ActivTrades.
Dollar price for buying and selling
The platform, how much is the dollar.pe, indicates that in the parallel market the dollar the dollar is bought at S/ 3.75 and it is sold at approximately S/ 3.79.
While in digital exchange houses the green ticket it is bought at S/ 3.76 and it is sold at S/ 3.79 on average.