Peru's sol currency ended weaker Tuesday at PEN2.876 per U.S. dollar compared with PEN2.873 in the previous trading session.
So far this year the sol has depreciated 2.71 percent against the U.S. dollar.
In the last 12-month period, the Peruvian currency has weakened 4.62 percent against the greenback.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) of Peru auctioned a two-month PEN 300 million deposit certificate (CD BCRP) at an average rate of 0.12 percent.
The country's central bank largely remained at the sidelines and did not intervene in the foreign-exchange market today.
The balance of overnight repos operations made by the BCR at September 16 was PEN 2.75 billion, with an average interest rate of 3.54 percent.
In its weekly report, the country's central bank said it has placed CDR-BCRP for a total of US$ 784 million (PEN 2.24 billion) at an average interest rate of 0.06 percent.
In its weekly report, the BCR said the last intervened in the spot market on August 15, when it purchased FC for a total of US$ 10 million at an average exchange rate of S/. 2.7940 per US dollar.
Since 2012, the central bank has purchased foreign currency for a total of US$ 19.09 billion and sold foreign currency for a total of US$ 7.35 billion.
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Published: 9/23/2014