With greater force, the so-called “free” CCL, operated via bilateral negotiations or through ADRs, exhibited a new advance to reach above $ 200 according to market sources.
Likewise, the MEP dollar or regulated stock market rose 0.9% ($ 1.55) in the week to $ 179.23, which left a gap of 80.3%.
In the official segment, the blue dollar deepened its upward climb and scored a new record in one year, climbing another $ 2 to $ 193, bringing the gap above 94% (at 94.1%) and touching its highest level since the first business day of the year (94.8%).
Meanwhile, the Central Bank bought US $ 5 million and scored its eleventh round without sales. In this way, one week after the end of the month, it remains the best October of the last decade with a level of operations in the foreign exchange market that was always above the monthly and annual averages.
In October, More than $ 500 million have been purchased compared to sales in October 2020 for more than $ 600 million in the same number of days. In the accumulated of the year, purchases exceed US $ 6.7 billion and it is the second best year in the last decade. In this last week, he bought $ 180 million.
The improvement in foreign currency accumulation coincided with the new restrictions imposed to operate with financial dollars, which had the objective of reducing the magnitude of the BCRA’s intervention in the stock market (via loss of reserves) to control MEP prices. and the CCL.
“The Exchange restrictions, combined with the good flow of income from exporters, allowed the monetary authority to show the best result of the last ten years for the month of October, a fact that encourages the control body to keep current regulations unchanged, in the short term at least, “said analyst Gustavo Quintana.
The gross international reserves of the monetary authority climbed US $ 16 million this Thursday to US $ 43,005 million. Since October 14, they did not close a wheel above US $ 43,000 million.
Official dollar
The The dollar today rose five cents this Friday to $ 104.94 -without taxes-, according to the average of the main banks in the financial system. In turn, the retail value of the US dollar remained stable at $ 104.75 at Banco Nación.
The Savings dollar or solidarity dollar -which includes 30% of the COUNTRY tax, and 35% to Profit account- amounted to eight cents to $ 173.15. For the week, it was up 39 cents.
In the wholesale segment, the currency advanced two cents to $ 99.39, with which it accumulated a rise of 21 cents in the week, during a round with a significant amount traded (it rose to $ 536.077 million), the highest since September 30th.
The North American currency traded with ups and downs and with alternating dominance of supply and genuine demand. Prices moved with very low fluctuation and always within the parameters established by the Central Bank.
The genuine offer could stand out in the first tranche of the date, forcing a slight decline that took the price to a minimum of $ 99.39. The authorized purchase orders were intensifying and generated a bullish reaction of the values that stopped when they touched maximum in $ 99.42, a level that was corrected by the official intervention. In the last half hour of operations, income from abroad prevailed again and, consequently, the price settled on the closing at the lows of the day.
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