Price of the dollar today in Chile: quotation of the Chilean peso to the US dollar today January 4, 2022

The price of the dollar in Chile opened lower in the session this Tuesday, amid a global strengthening of the currency and despite fewer fears about the damage that the Omicron variant of coronavirus may cause to the economy.

The exchange rate It fell 0.09% to 852.50 / 852.80 Chilean pesos per dollar, according to data from Reuters.

Meanwhile, the leading index of the Santiago Stock Exchange, the IPSA, added 0.61%, to 4,327.71 units so far this trading session.

“As in recent weeks, the peso cannot define a course and continues to show high volatility and goes from losses to gains very quickly, which makes it difficult for the market to operate and makes it difficult to predict its behavior at the end of the session.”Said an operator.

On Tuesday, the dollar rose to a five-year high against the yen, driven by expectations of interest rate hikes from the United States Federal Reserve (Fed), as investors were betting that the variant of the omicron coronavirus would have a limited economic impact despite its rapid spread.

On the second trading day of 2022, world markets prolonged Monday’s bullish movements.