Mexico City. Along with the strengthening of the dollar, financial markets operated mixed with a downward trend.
Waiting for new announcements and new reactions to geopolitical events, the dollar took flight this Thursday. In the midst of more and more voices joining the rhetoric of not lowering rates until they see strong signs that inflation subsides, investors remain very cautious.
Hence, the Mexican peso once again registered a setback, depreciating 0.47 percent this Thursday, to close again above the psychological level of 17 units, at 17.0566 pesos per spot dollar.
The dollar index, which measures the behavior of the US currency against a basket of six international currencies, appreciated 0.22 percent, to 106,000 units.
After the closing of Wall Street, the streaming firm, Netflix, recorded its best start to the year since 2020, attracting more new customers, 9.33 million.
The report that the markets were expecting this Thursday came out after the closing, so it could not support the market to close with profits. The Nasdaq lost 0.52 percent, to 15,601.50 units; The S&P 500 lost 0.22 percent, to 5,11.12 integers, and the Dow Jones remained almost unchanged, with an increase of 0.06 percent, to 37,775.38 units.
The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV), for its part, advanced 0.58 percent, to 55,739.43 units.
Brent futures fell 0.2 percent to settle at $87.11 a barrel, their lowest Brent close since March 27; while US crude West Texas Intermediate (WTI) 0.1 percent, to settle at $82.73.
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– 2024-04-24 03:41:45
