US Dollar Exchange Rate in Peru Today: August 29, 2026
- The Peruvian sol maintained its resilience against the United States dollar on August 29, 2026, opening at S/3,3460 according to data from the Banco Central de Reserva del...
- Commercial banks across Peru posted varying buy and sell rates for the greenback at the close of the week.
- "Durante la jornada, la demanda provino por los corporativos, mientras que la oferta vino principalmente del BCRP, hoy vencia Swaps Cambiario Compra por S/ 200 millones.
The Peruvian sol maintained its resilience against the United States dollar on August 29, 2026, opening at S/3,3460 according to data from the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (BCRP). This represented a slight upward tick from the previous session’s close of S/3,3440, as reported by La República.
Interbank Rates and Parallel Market Quotations
Commercial banks across Peru posted varying buy and sell rates for the greenback at the close of the week. According to La República, the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) listed its buying rate at S/3,525 and its selling rate at S/3,540. Meanwhile, Interbank established a buying price of S/3,493 and a selling price of S/3,576. The Banco de la Nación registered a buying rate of S/3,480 against a selling rate of S/3,600, while BBVA recorded S/3,468 for purchases and S/3,608 for sales. Scotiabank rounded out the major institutional figures with a buying rate of S/3,519 and a selling rate of S/3,558. In the parallel market and digital tracking platforms, the informal exchange rates fluctuated closely around official figures. Infobae noted that parallel market exchangers bought dollars at S/3,340 and sold them at S/3,365, while the digital tracker quantoestaeldolar.pe listed purchase rates near S/3,150 and sales around S/3,350. The Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria (Sunat) fixed its official reference rate at S/3,348 for buying and S/3,356 for selling. Bloomberg data placed the opening platform rate slightly higher at S/3,3568.
Central Bank Interventions and Market Activity
“Durante la jornada, la demanda provino por los corporativos, mientras que la oferta vino principalmente del BCRP, hoy vencia Swaps Cambiario Compra por S/ 200 millones. El tipo de cambio operó en el rango de 3.3470 a 3.3610, con un volumen negociado de 406 millones de dólares a un precio promedio de 3.3534.”
Official central bank logs show the institution placed S/ 5 339,6 millones in overnight deposits at an average rate of 4,20 por ciento, alongside an additional S/1 000 millones in one-week deposits at 4,24 por ciento. These monetary operations coincided with scheduled daily maturities that included S/ 300 millones in repo operations, S/11 264,8 millones in BCRP deposits, and the S/ 200 millones purchase swap mentioned by market analysts.