Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Three stock exchanges based in Colombia, Peru and Chile plan to set up a regional currency market allowing currency trading between the three countries, according to a statement circulated at the offices of Chile’s Electronic Stock Exchange in Santiago.

They aim to start operating the market in the first quarter of next year.

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