Mexico City /
When starting operations, the price is of dollar today Thursday it is up to 20.78 pesos in banks. Meanwhile, the interbank exchange rate stands at 20.44 pesos per dollar, with a loss of 0.81 percent.
Citibanamex sells the dollar at 20.78 pesos while BBVA Mexico does it at 8:58 pm, Banorte at 8.45 pm, Santander at 8.34 pm and Azteca Bank in 20.21 units. (
The peso depreciated to its weakest level since Dec. 21 due to increased investor interest in the dollar amid mounting coronavirus cases and containment measures in several countries, including major economies.
How’s the exchange rate going?
Basic sofa explained in a report that the peso is building a depreciation of 2.29 percent or 45.8 cents a week and that the exchange rate is at its highest level since December 21. The foreign exchange market is once again showing a strengthening of the US dollar, with the weighted index rising 0.24 percent, reaching its highest level since December 23, confirming a pause in the dollar’s downward trend that began in April 2020.
“For now, the Mexican peso is the sixth most depreciated currency in the session and the third most depreciated in the week,” he explains.
Perceptions of risk persist in global financial markets due to the slow distribution of vaccines and the negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic on economic activity in the first quarter.
While the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States, Jerome Powell, reiterated the need to maintain a highly accommodative monetary policy, he also said that United States economic activity is subdued, which is far from sending a positive signal . , has contributed to the strong downward corrections in the capital market, increasing perceptions of risk in other markets.
“Another factor influencing the negative performance of the US capital market is the response of institutional investors to the activities of minority investors, who have increased their participation in business volume over the past year,” he concludes.
Dollar in real time
The euro It sells at the window for up to 25.15 pesos and is bought for 24.66 pesos. For his part, pound sterling It is offered for 27.89 pesos and bought for 27.90 pesos.
The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) recorded an exchange rate of 20.21 pesos in the previous session per dollar.
With information from Reuters
MRA
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