Updated on 04/02/2020 at 15:16
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The dollar price in Peru the session ended down, after raising the optimism of investors before the measures that the Chinese government has decided to take against the coronavirus.
The exchange rate closed this Tuesday to S / 3,364 in the interbank market, a fall of 0.26% compared to S / 3,373 at the close of Monday, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR).
During the day a volume of transactions for US $ 360 million was reported. The greenback reached a minimum of S / 3,355 and a maximum of S / 3,364.
The currency and stock markets of Latin America extended its valorization for the second day today, in the midst of a better global panorama by giving up the concern about the spread of a virus that emerged in China.
Investors reacted well to the information that China enlist more measures to support its economy shaken by the outbreak of coronavirus, which has already left at least 427 dead – two of them outside the Asian giant – and is spreading throughout the world, generating fears for its effects on the growth of activity world.
“The current market sentiment is being boosted as investors seem to welcome the Chinese government’s set of measures to maintain economic growth, since the negative impact of the coronavirus remains difficult to measure,” said a note from ActivTrades.
In the parallel market or exchange houses of Lima, the exchange rate the sale is quoted at S / 3,370.
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