Price of the dollar in Peru today, Thursday May 18: exchange rate and price of the day, according to the BCRP

In this note you will know the price of the dollar in Peru today, Thursday, May 18, 2023, according to official information from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP).

Yesterday, Wednesday May 17, the US currency closed with a value of S/3.6970registering a depreciation of 0.05% compared to Tuesday’s close when it traded S/3,699.

Allisson Pérez, Foreign Exchange trader at Renta4 SAB, explained that during yesterday the demand came from offshores, while the offer came from corporations and BCRP intervention by placing Sale Exchange Swaps for S/ 500 million at an average rate of 5.54 %.

He added that US$391 million was negotiated in the market at an average price of S/3.6954. During the day, the dollar reached a minimum price of S/3.6900 and a maximum price of S/3.6990. In addition, today the Sales Exchange Swaps expired for S/ 250 million.

Globally, negative data came out in the United States, on IEA crude oil inventories and building permits. On the other hand, the price of copper fell by 10%, which makes the dollar recover slightly.

How much is the dollar in Lima?

This was the exchange rate report released by the BCRP on its last day on May 17:

Likewise, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar was trading at S/ 3.67 for the purchase and S/ 3.70 for the sale, according to data from the portal cuantoestaeldolar.pe.