The weight goes back in operations outside this Monday, after President Donald Trump specified his threat of imposing 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, including those of Mexico and Canada, the main suppliers for the US.
The dollar was at 20,6295 pesos at 6:08 p.m., a 0.21% depreciation for the Mexican currency, according to research.com data.
The peso had closed the session at 20,5860 per dollar, with a slight setback of 0.09%, at the beginning of a week that will be marked by the publication of inflation figures in the United States and an appearance of the president of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, before the House of Representatives, according to Reuters.
“The depreciation of the weight was due to the threat of Trump to impose tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum,” said the base bank, prior to the president to sign two executive orders to impose tariff taxes of 25% Aluminum and steel.
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“The confirmation of these tariffs could generate additional upward pressures for the exchange rate, at levels above 20.80 pesos per dollar, but only temporarily,” Base added.
Asked on the subject, President Claudia Sheinbaum called to remain calm: “We are going to wait to see if today you announce something and we will take our definitions,” he said at her daily press conference.
Last week, the president reached an agreement with her American counterpart to Pausar for a month the imposition of rates to the Latin American country. The threat of taxes collapsed to the weight to their worst levels in almost three years.
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On the other hand, the referential stock index S&P/BMV IPC won 0.21% to 52,928.12 points, promoted by two of the firms of the magnate Carlos Slim, who offered a press conference on Monday.
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Grupo Carso’s actions led the increases, with 2.89% more at 119.75 pesos, followed by those of Inbursa Financial Group, which added 2.51% to 45.36 pesos.
In the secondary debt market, the 10 -year bonus yield rose nine base points to 9.83%, while the 20 -year rate amounted to two, to 10.23%.
With Reuters information
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