After sinking as low as $895 in early trading on Tuesday, the dollar underwent a sharp correction that saw it almost completely reverse its decline, as markets readied their last positions to await the release of the US CPI in Wednesday morning.
According to Bloomberg, the exchange rate closed at $904.28, down $2.17 from Monday’s close. The pair touched an intraday low of $895.08 during the morning, before starting to progressively recover lower ground.
In its foreign exchange operations, the Central Bank awarded five sales FX forward for a total of US$ 250 million and two sales FX spot for a total of US$125 million. A purchase tender FX swap for US$ 200 million it was declared deserted.
“Despite the premature decline in the exchange rate this morning, the appetite for dollars prior to the inflation report in China and the United States seems to return together with an increase in the volumes traded, approaching the average of the last five trading days” , observed the chief analyst of Admiral Markets, Renato Campos.
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The parity’s continued moderation responded directly to a reversal in both copper and gold trading. dollar indexan indicator that measures the international demand for dollars.
On the London Metal Exchange, copper closed this morning up 1.74% at $3.61 a pound. Nevertheless, Futures for the metal in New York were trading flat at $3.58 a pound in followingnoon trading.
And the dollar indexwhich touched a floor of 105.97 points during the early hours, it finally stood at 106.37 points, which represents practically no variation since the previous close.
Where there were greater encouragement to take shelter was in the gold, which grew 0.31% to trade at US$1,794 an ounce. The gold metal has already accumulated three weeks on the rise, as it competes with the dollar to position itself as a haven asset.
“For tomorrow, analysts expect inflation to begin to decline as a result of the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes. On the other hand, if core inflation rises, we might see an appreciation of the dollar indexsince the agency’s main mission is to control inflation and it might take tougher measures,” said the analyst senior of markets of XTB Latam, Pablo Mundaca.
