Markets: Dollar | Exchange rate opens lower on the first day of the “new conversion

The price of the dollar in Peru opened lower on Wednesday, on the first day of July, after completing the quarantine decreed by the Government to combat the coronavirus.

The exchange rate was trading at S / 3,537 at 10:30 am, according to the Bloomberg agency, a slight decrease of 0.14%, compared to the end of June, at S / 3,542, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru ( BCR).

In the parallel market or main exchange houses, the green ticket was bought at S / 3,525 and sold at S / 3,555, according to the portal QuantumStandard.

According to the Reuters agency, Latin American currencies entered the second half of the year vulnerable to a new depreciation, before a worsening of the fiscal picture and fears about the relentless advance of the coronavirus.

The Mexican peso and Brazilian real recovered part of their losses in May after plummeting to all-time lows with the virus outbreak, but the brief improvement dissipated last month and the liquidation of regional currencies is likely to continue thereafter.