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The price of the dollar in Peru was trading higher in the informal (parallel) market today, Friday, February 5, 2021. The exchange rate amounted to S / 3,635 the purchase and S / 3,660 the sale, according to exchange offices in Lima.
On the other hand, in the interbank market, the greenback operated at S / 3,645 in the interbank market, according to data provided by the Central Reserve Bank (BCR).
The monetary institution detailed that the US currency has an increase of 0.72% so far in 2021, compared to the result recorded at the close of last year (S / 3,619).
The foreign currency registered an appreciation of 9.20% at the end of 2020 in the face of the impact of the pandemic of the Crown virus and the political-social crisis.
“Volatility in foreign exchange markets is still high, given the uncertainty related to the duration of the global recession and the resurgence of VOCID-19 that have been observed worldwide“, Said the BCR in its latest inflation report.
The institution associated volatility on dollar in the last quarter of last year in the presidential vacancy episode, which led the US currency to record an all-time high of S / 3,667.
The monetary institution has intervened through foreign exchange swaps and accumulated a balance of S / 7,545,000 of this instrument on 16 December.
The projections for the closing of the exchange rate in 2021 they are between S / 3.43 and S / 3.54, while for the next year it would oscillate between S / 3.40 and S / 3.50.