The dollar closed this Monday, August 17 with a quote of S / 3.58, at the interbank level, as reported by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). This serious your highest level on record in Peru, since last November 20, 2002.
Today the banks were trading the dollar at approximately S / 3.50 the purchase and S / 3.63 the sale.
While the money changers buy the green ticket at an average of S / 3.57 and sell it for about S / 3.60.
In this session, Bloomberg recorded a 0.20% increase in price of the US currency in the Peruvian market.
The reason for this rise in the price of the dollar is due to the weakness registered by the Peruvian currency.
According to Reuters, the sun retreated to its lowest level since 2002, that is, almost 18 years in the face of the increased demand for Dollars by local companies and limited supply of greenbacks from mining companies.
Other financial market operators indicate that this increase is due to the accumulation of maturities of BCR exchange instruments in August.
Despite this, worldwide, the dollar registered a slight fall while investors await details of the last meeting of the Federal Reserve of the United States (FED).
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