Positive Friday; peso recovers against the dollar and BMV closes in green numbers

Mexico City. The exchange market and the stock market ended the last session of the week in positive territory. The peso managed to recover part of what was lost at yesterday’s close and the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) ended the session in green numbers.

According to the Bank of Mexico (BdeM), at the close of the exchange session, the interbank exchange rate stood at 17.14 pesos per dollar, which meant a gain of 0.4 percent or 0.07 cents compared to yesterday’s close. , which was 17.21 units per greenback and which represented its worst level since February.

According to information from the central bank, during the week, the peso against the dollar, the main currency traded in the exchange market, had a gain of 0.4 percent or 0.01 cents, since on Monday the exchange rate It closed at 17.13 units per greenback.

At bank counters, the dollar was bought for 16.58 pesos and sold for 17.60 units, according to information from Citibanamex.

At the beginning of the day, it was announced that in the country the job unemployment rate in March stood at 2.3 percent, its lowest level since records began, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).

In the stock market, the Price and Quotation Index (IPC) of the BMV, the most relevant in the country, ended at 57,833 points, which meant a gain of 1.31 percent compared to yesterday’s close. Throughout the session, the CPI reached a maximum of 57,980 points.