Argentine peso hits lowest level since January 2003

BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (Reuters) - The Argentine peso fell to its weakest level against the dollar since January 2003 in informal afternoon trade on Thursday due to uncertainty over a farming conflict.

In trade between foreign exchange houses, as measured by Reuters, it was trading down at 3.2550/3.2575 per dollar <ARSB=. (Reporting by Walter Bianchi, Writing by Helen Popper)