U.S. Dollar Mixed Against Latin American Currencies

The U.S. dollar was mixed against its Latin American counterparts, as it fell to a multi-year low against the Mexican peso, while also falling against the Colombian and Chilean pesos on Friday.

Against the Brazilian real the U.S. dollar increased from multi-year lows, while it also gained against the Peruvian Sol.

Citing inflation concerns over food and commodity prices, the Mexican central bank held interest rates where they were, as inflation was higher than expected in the early months of 2008. The dollar ended the session at 10.4706, after falling to a low of 10.4348.

After falling to muli-year lows earlier in the session, the dollar gained some back against the Brazilian real, reaching a high of 1.6730.

At about mid day, the dollar fell to a low of 454.75 against the Chilean peso, in contrast to the high of 459.65 it reached on Thursday.

Against the Peruvian Sol the dollar went as high as 2.7235, after reaching 2.7175 the day before.

The Columbian peso gained against the U.S. dollar, as it went to 1786.00 on Friday, after weakening at 1794.50 earlier in the day.