LIMA (Dow Jones)–The Central Reserve Bank of Peru intervened Monday in the foreign-exchange market to buy $152 million.

The central bank had intervened on Friday to buy $73 million. The central bank intervenes to smooth out volatility in the exchange market.

On Monday, the sol ended slightly stronger, at PEN2.827 per dollar. The sol ended the previous session at PEN2.829 per U.S. dollar.

-Robert Kozak, Dow Jones Newswires; 511-99927 7269; peru@dowjones.com

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