The dollar price The US dollar in Peru is trading lower on Thursday, in line with its regional peers, driven by a global decline in the dollar, which lost ground following a drop in US Treasury bond yields.
The exchange rate operates at S/ 3,714 per dollar, a decrease of 0.36% compared to Wednesday’s close, at S/ 3,727, according to data from the Bloomberg agency.
So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 6.94% compared to the last price of 2021, at S / 3,991.
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On the other hand, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar is bought at S/ 3,690 and sold at S/ 3,730, according to the portal. cuantoestaeldolar.pe.
At the regional level, the bulk of Latin American currencies showed gains on Thursday, driven by a global decline in the dollar, which lost ground following a drop in the yield on US Treasury bonds and a negative data on the creation of employment in the world’s largest economy, while stock markets were mixed.
According to the Archyde.com agency, private payrolls in the United States grew much less than expected in May, which would suggest that the demand for labor begins to slow down amid higher interest rates and tighter financial conditions, although the offers of work remain extremely high.
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The dollar index, which compares the greenback to a basket of leading currencies, fell around 0.4%.
Investors’ attention was also focused on the possible moves that OPEC might make to deal with the cut in oil imports from Russia and the advance in inflation worldwide that might translate into aggressive increases in interest rates and complicate the recovery of the economy.