The price of the exchange rate continued to decline. The price of the dollar closed today’s session, Wednesday, January 8, at S/3.775, slightly below the day before, when it closed at S/ 3.778.
During the day, the supply of dollars came from the BCR through the renewal of financial derivatives (exchange-sale swaps) for S/ 600 million, after S/565 million expired today (in exchange-sale swap). Meanwhile, the demand came from non-resident companies.
The dollar reached a maximum price of S/3,788 and a minimum of S/3,774. US$276 million were traded in the market at an average price of S/3.7817.
“At a global level, the ADP Private Employment Survey (December) records employment growth below expectations: 122 thousand versus 140 thousand expected and 146 thousand previously. The markets are cautious while awaiting the most recent employment data and the publication of the minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the FED,” commented Asvim Asencios, currency trader at Renta4 SAB.
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