In line, the MEP gained $1.05 (+0.3%) and closed at $354.75. The gap with the wholesaler was 89%.
“Beyond that, the financial dollars remain relatively stable in the face of daily interventions, even when restricting a gradual slide accentuates the delay and thus feeds back the search for coverage, usual in an election year and in the face of the imminent drop in the demand for money” said Gustavo Ber.
During yesterday’s session, the BCRA assisted the exchange market with US$56 million. In this way, it adds sales for US$98 million so far this month.
In this framework, the official retail dollar rose 18 cents and is offered at $194.14. The new Qatari dollar rose 36 cents and traded at $390.28, to remain the most expensive on the market. Meanwhile, the wholesale dollar, which is directly regulated by the BCRA, rose 28 cents to $187.57.
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The Latin American markets appreciated yesterday, after the monetary policy announcements of the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank that gave new encouragement to the appetite for risky assets.
Assets reacted positively to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments that disinflation in the US has begun, although he also noted that interest rates will continue to rise and no cuts are expected.
Earlier on Thursday, the European Central Bank raised interest rates again and aimed to make at least another increase of the same magnitude next month, noting that the president of the bank, Christine Lagarde, said that it was not has reached the rate cap.
Source: Ambito
