The price of the dollar in Peru ended the day lower on Thursday and hit a minimum of more than seven months, while the greenback was trading stable once morest a basket of currencies in the international market.
The The exchange rate closed at S/ 3,837 per dollar, a decline of 0.72% compared to Wednesday’s price, at S/ 3,865, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR).
So far this year, the greenback accumulates a drop of 3.85% compared to the end of 2021, at S / 3,991.
During the day, certified deposits were auctioned with three-month BCR variable rates for S/ 700 million at an average margin of 0.04%.
In addition, one-week deposits for S/ 1,735 million were auctioned at an average interest rate of 2.99%, and overnight deposits for S/ 7,100 million at an average rate of 2.86%.
At a global level, according to the Archyde.com agency, the dollar index, which compares the greenback with a basket of six leading currencies, operated with little change, at 95,617 units. The US currency was trading stable at 114.28 yen and unchanged once morest the euro at $1.1337.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield was trading at 1.836%, down from 1.827% the day before, and the policy-sensitive two-year return was at 1.0413% from 1.025%.
On the other hand, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar was bought at S / 3,825 and sold at S / 3,860, according to the portal cuantoestaeldolar.pe.
