HERMOSILLO, Sonora. – The announcement of a new strain of the coronavirus in the UK, which is spreading rapidly, shocked financial markets and the price of emerging currencies against the dollar, as is the case with the Mexican peso.
At the beginning of the week, the financial corridors are facing a setback, as is the oil market, even though an agreement was reached in Congress in the United States to support that country’s economy in order to mitigate the pandemic’s effects.
Thus, for wholesale business, according to Bloomberg information, the dollar is sold on the interbank market at 20.14 pesos and priced at 20.11 pesos per unit.
$ MexDerApertura $ FUTUROS S & P / BMV IPC MR21 = 43,690 / -449 / -1.02% USD / MX MR21 = $ 20.4029 / +0.25 / + 1.26%
– Mexican Stock Exchange (@BMVMercados)
December 21, 2020
In Citibanamex bank windows, the dollar increased in value by 19 cents compared to Friday’s retail sales at 20.62 pesos per unit and 19.60 pesos to buy.
Investors are evaluating information about the new variant of the coronavirus, which was reported in the UK, which has led to the imposition of air mobility restrictions to that country from various parts of the world.
In this scenario, the Wall Street financial markets started the day with losses: the Dow Jones industrial index lost 1.03%, the technology indicator Nasdaq 1.73% and the Standard & Poor’s 1.79%.
In Mexico, the Mexican Stock Exchange Price and Quotation Index (S & P / BMV) lost 1.27%, placing it at 43,318.06 points.