The market representative rate (TRM) for tomorrow, April 16, is $ 3,620.40, the Financial Superintendency said.
The dollar price opened lower on Thursday at $ 3,656.64. The currency continued to fall in the morning hours and close at $3,618.75.
The market representative rate (TRM) for tomorrow, April 16, is $ 3,620.40, the Financial Superintendency said.
In the Colombian market, the shares that were most valued today were Avianca Holdings (+ 35.29%), Cemex Latam Holdings (+ 5.96%) and Conconcreto (+ 3.48%). The Cólcap index had a variation of 0.06%.
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The price of a barrel of Brent oil (a benchmark for Colombia) rose 0.42% to US $ 66.89. North Sea crude ended the day on the International Exchange Futures with an increase of US $ 0.28 compared to the last trading, when it closed at US $ 66.61.
The renewed prospects for a recovery in demand in the second half of the year boosted the price of crude during the session.
The International Energy Agency revised upwards its March forecast for the whole of 2021, by about 230 billion additional barrels per day.
The New York Stock Exchange, meanwhile, finished in green numbers and with records this Thursday for the Dow Jones and the S&P, following a series of positive quarterly economic indicators.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.90% to 34,035.99 points, for the first time above 34,000 points. Meanwhile, the extended S&P 500 index (+ 1.11%) stood at 4,170.42 units and the Nasdaq (+ 1.31%) closed at 14,038.76.
Retail sales figures showed the effects of the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus plan, up 9.8% in March over February, as many households qualified for a government check American for $ 1,400 per person.
In addition, new applications for unemployment benefits, an indicator of the level of layoffs in the United States, have fallen to a minimum since the pandemic shook the labor market.
The Department of Labor reported Thursday that there were 576,000 requests last week, well below analysts’ expectations. which marks the lowest level since March 14, 2020, Just before the pandemic broke into business and caused millions of layoffs.
On the other hand, industrial production in the United States had a slight rise in March driven by mining, after the polar cold wave in February, but the overall level remains lower than before the pandemic.
The rise was 1.4% in March over February, according to data released Thursday in the Federal Reserve. This is a lower figure than expected by analysts who forecast + 2.9%.
In turn, manufacturing activity in the New York and Philadelphia regions peaked in several years, according to data on Thursday.