The price of the US dollar in Peru opened higher on Tuesday, amid a global advance in the dollar and concerns about the demand for raw materials from China.
The exchange rate operates at S/ 3,986 per dollar, an advance of 0.35% compared to the close of the day on Monday, according to the Bloomberg agency.
So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 0.95% 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/ 3.98 and sold at S/ 4.01, according to data from the portal cualestaeldolar.pe.
At the regional level, Latin American currencies closed lower on Monday, amid a global advance in the dollar and concerns about the demand for raw materials by China, in a day in which the currency of Brazil, the real, led falls due to an increase in political tension and the Colombian peso hit a new historical low.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, moderated gains in the first hour and rose around 0.15%.
Stocks were mostly extending a rebound that began late Friday in New York on reports that the Federal Reserve is debating when to slow the pace of gains and could step back at its November meeting.
Source: Elcomercio
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