Exchange rate: The dollar closes the day at S/ 3,737

The price of the dollar in Peru closed higher on Thursday, despite a slight global decline in the greenback, and with the markets still affected by the cut in growth forecasts for the world economy.

The exchange rate It is trading at S/ 3.737 per dollar, an advance of 0.59% compared to Wednesday’s close at S/ 3.715, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR).

So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 6.36% compared to the last price of 2021 at S / 3,991.

“US$ 244 million were traded in the market at an average price of S/ 3,728. The supply flow came from local corporations that took advantage of the high levels to make their tax payments, while the demand came from non-residents and foreign exchange swaps for sale for S/ 400 million.”indicated Allison Pérez, foreign exchange trader for Renta4 SAB.

Today the BCR intervened with currency repos for S/ 300 million at one week and currency swaps for sale for S/ 20 million at one year. At the local level, uncertainty is growing in the country, since the mining company Las Bambas paralyzed its work activities since yesterday, due to the fact that the community Outbamba They protested the alleged breach of the social investment commitment, he added.

On the other hand, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar is bought at S/ 3,710 and sold at S/ 3,740, according to the portal cualestaeldolar.pe.

Regionally, most Latin American currencies posted losses on Thursday, while stock markets were uneven, amid a slight pullback in the dollar in global markets and with markets still affected by the cut in forecasts. growth for the world economy.

According to the Reuters agency, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, cut losses after positive employment data from the United States and fell by around 0.1%.

The number of Americans filing new jobless claims fell modestly last week, suggesting that April was another month of strong job growth.

Thursday’s Labor Department report also showed jobless rolls shrank to their lowest level in 52 years in the first week of April, reinforcing tight labor market conditions.