After the sharp drop registered last week as the first impact of the announcement of the measures aimed at containing the exchange rate gap through the offer of bonds in dollars from public bodies, the parallel exchange rates opened the week with a slight rise.
The blue dollar ended yesterday with a small rise to $390 in the selling point, while the financial dollars registered a slight increase. For its part, the Central Bank (BCRA) accumulated fifteen consecutive rounds of currency sales, according to market sources.
Following the announcements by the Ministry of Economy on the sale and exchange of bonds in dollars by public bodies, the blue dollar rose $1 to $386 for purchase and $390 for sale. In any case, the gap with the wholesale exchange rate remained below 90%.
The BCRA made sales for US$95 million today to meet the needs of the market and added 15 consecutive days with a negative balance due to its exchange participation. So far in March, net sales totaled US$1,562 million and in the year the intervention of the monetary authority accumulated a negative balance of US$2,644 million in the framework of the worst drought in at least 100 years.
official market
The retail dollar without taxes rose to $214.16 for sale, according to the average of the main private banks, while at Banco Nación it rose 50 cents to $213 for sale. The savings or solidarity dollar, which includes the tax burden, advanced almost two pesos and closed at $353.36.
The Qatar dollar, with additional taxes, rose to $428.32 and the tourist dollar or card, for consumption with cards abroad of up to US$300 per month, reached $374.78.
Meanwhile, the wholesale exchange rate, which is regulated by the BCRA, closed at $207.40 for sale.
financial dollars
In the Buenos Aires stock market, financial prices recovered slightly and the dollar counted with liquidation (operated with the Global 2030 bond) rebounded 0.6% to $392.58 and the gap with the official one stands at 89.3%.
For its part, the MEP or Stock Market dollar, also operated with the Global 2030, rose 0.2% to $376.40. The spread with the official culminated, thus, in 81.5%.
Last week, after the official measures, both financial prices had accumulated a fall of more than 3%.
Source: Ambito
