The price of dollar In Peru it was operating lower this Saturday after 5 consecutive sessions higher due to investors’ expectations of an early reopening of the US economy, paralyzed by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in that country.
Halfway through the session, the exchange rate it was trading today at S / 3,406 in the interbank market, a 0.26% drop compared to S / 3,415 at the close on Friday, according to Bloomberg data.
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The greenback registered losses in most of the markets of Latin America, in the face of optimism for prompt news about the reopening of the main world economies.
The president of United States, Donald trumpon Thursday proposed guidelines under which the country’s state governors could act to revive the economy in a phased three-stage process after the closure by the coronavirus.
“We are not opening everything at once, but taking one careful step at a time,” Trump assured reporters, without providing details on his guidelines.
Meanwhile, the price of copper, the country’s main export metal, advanced after Chinese factory production fell less than expected in March, suggesting that the tax and credit relief to firms affected by the coronavirus It has been helping revive parts of the economy closed since February.
“We have already seen the worst in China, assuming there are no major (coronavirus) outbreaks, so I think the markets are happy to be able to draw a line, at least in China,” said Timothy Wood-Dow, analyst at BMO Capital. Markets.
In the parallel or informal market, the exchange rate it is located at S / 3,410 for sale.
What is the covid-19?
Covid-19 is the infectious disease that was discovered in Wuhan (China) in December 2019, following the outbreak of the virus that began to end the lives of large numbers of people.
The International Committee on Virus Taxonomy designated the name of this new coronavirus as SARS-CoV-2.
What are the symptoms of the new coronavirus?
Among the most common symptoms of covid-19 are: fever, tiredness and dry cough, although body pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and diarrhea have been detected in some patients. These discomforts can be mild or appear gradually; However, there are cases in which people become infected, but do not develop any symptoms, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
In addition, the entity announced that 80% of people who acquire the disease recover without taking special treatment, 1 in 6 cases develops a serious illness and has difficulty breathing, older people and those with underlying medical conditions ( high blood pressure, heart problems, or diabetes) are more likely to develop serious illness, and only 2% of those who contracted the virus died.
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