The dollar price US currency in Peru traded higher on Friday after two days down, and amid tougher tightening policy at global central banks in their effort to control inflation.
The exchange rate operates at S/ 3,724 per dollar, an advance of 0.35% compared to Thursday’s close at S/ 3,711, according to data from the Bloomberg agency.
So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 6.69% compared to the last price of 2021, at S / 3,991
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.
Globally, world stocks were on track to close their worst week since the pandemic collapse of markets in March 2020, as major central banks stepped up tightening policy in an effort to rein in inflation, putting investors on edge. vilo about future economic growth.
According to the Reuters agency, the largest rise in interest rates in the United States since 1994, the first such measure in Switzerland in 15 years, the fifth rate hike in the United Kingdom since December and a measure by the European Central Bank to strengthen the indebted south ahead of future hikes took turns rocking the markets.
Overnight, the dollar rose 1.9% against the yen to 134.70, while MSCI’s broader index of Asia-Pacific stocks excluding Japan hit a five-week low. Japan’s Nikkei lost 1.8%, on track for a weekly plunge of almost 7%.
Source: Elcomercio
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