Dollar in Peru: know the exchange rate here today, Monday, November 22, 2021

The price of the US dollar in Peru rose at the opening of the day this Monday, after the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) confirmed the cessation of four mining operations in Ayacucho.

At 9:24 am, the exchange rate It was trading at S / 4,020 per dollar in the interbank market, a rise of 0.31% compared to S / 4,007 at the end of Friday, according to Bloomberg data.

The owner of the PCM, Mirtha Vasquez, announced last weekend that the Executive has agreed to “create an executive commission to negotiate the withdrawal and closure of four mining units, visits to affected areas and meetings with mining companies”, which has again generated uncertainty in the exchange market.

The measure has been questioned by various business sectors, especially the mining sector, which claims to have heard the news through social networks.

“In the same week, the president, Pedro Castillo, and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Pedro Francke, announce that they are respectful of private property and invoke investors to bet on Peru; and, later, the Prime Minister, Mirtha Vásquez, signs an agreement to close 4 mining companies in Ayacucho arbitrarily and illegally ”, stated Óscar Caipo, president of the National Confederation of Private Business Institutions (Trust).

The Energy and Mines Commission of the Congress of the Republic has already summoned Vásquez to attend Parliament on November 24 to give more details on the matter.

At the international level, the dollar index was operating higher in response to expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed) could accelerate the pace of policy tightening as inflation rises in USA.

In the parallel market or exchange houses of Lima, the exchange rate is quoted at S / 4,005 the purchase and S / 4,030 the sale of each dollar.