Mexico City
The peso closed below 20 units per dollar this Thursday, at 19.93, and posted a gain of 0.64 percent compared to 20.06 of its reference price on Wednesday in the face of a volatile session in the dollar. after the release of positive economic data in the United States and a decline in government bond yields.
Dollar in banks
At banks, the US currency was offered up to 20.42 pesos, as is the case CitibanamexWhile, BBVA Mexico did it January 20,18 and Banorte at 20.25 pesos.
The dollar closed little changed in a day of volatile trading as investors balanced robust data, which showed a strong recovery in US retail sales in March, and a steady decline in government bond yields.
According to Banco BASE, lMarch retail sales in the United States exceeded market expectations, which grew 9.8 percent monthly, while industrial production grew 1.4 percent in the same month, thanks to a recovery effect following the decline in industrial production in February.
Initial unemployment claims from last week, They were at 576 thousand, the lowest level since the first two weeks of March 2020, prior to the first impact of the pandemic.
Real time dollar
In the debt market, the yield on 10-year bonds fell 14 basis points to 6.49 percent, while the 20-year yield fell 15 to 7.25 percent.
With information from Reuters.
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