Mexican Peso Rallies as Lopez Obrador Resolves Airport Bond Dispute

Mexican Peso Rallies as Lopez Obrador Resolves Airport Bond Dispute
Aerial view of the construction site of Mexico City's new airport, in Texcoco, Mexico, on November 6, 2018. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) Photo credit should read PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images
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The Mexican peso climbed as investors grew confident that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will solve a standoff with airport bondholders that had roiled markets.

The peso gained 1.2 percent to a six-week high on Dec. 20 after news that a majority of bondholders accepted Mexico’s offer to buy back $1.8 billion in debt used to fund the construction of an international airport that Lopez Obrador has said he’ll cancel.