The price of the dollar in Peru closed the working week down in line with the currencies and stocks of the region, and hit a low of almost three months, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR).
The exchange rate ended the day trading at S / 3,931, a 0.98% drop compared to Thursday’s close, at S / 3,970, according to the BCR. With this result, the price of dollar It touches a minimum of almost three months, since October 14, when it was traded at S / 3,920.
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So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decrease of 1.50% compared to the end of 2021, at S / 3.991. During the session, the issuing entity placed interest rate swaps for a term of nine months for S / 50 million at an average rate of 3.93%.
In addition, one-week deposits of S / 1,500 million at a rate of 3.00% and overnight deposits of S / 11,700 million at an average rate of 2.98%.
According to Archyde.com, regionally, most of Latin America’s currencies and stock exchanges were trading with gains on Friday, amid a decline in the dollar in global markets after an expected employment data in the United States that was well below expectations.
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The US Department of Labor said on Friday that 199,000 jobs were created in December, lower than expected, compared to a figure of 249,000 in the previous month. A Archyde.com poll of 65 economists had forecast job creation to rise to 400,000.
The index dollar, which compares the movements of the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, depreciated around 0.3%. On the other hand, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar It was bought for S / 3,920 and it was sold for S / 3,965, according to the portal cuantoestaeldolar.pe.
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