The last operation of the day in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa), was agreed in 39.15 pesos, while the average price of operations was 39,302 pesos. On this Friday, the number of transactions was a total of 73with a number of operations that totaled a little more than 39 million dollars.
The dollar accumulates a rise of 1.61% so far in February
Compared to January 17, the US currency showed a monthly variation of -0.71%. According to today’s quote, so far this yearthe foreign currency accumulated a setback of -1.92%, strongly influenced by the fall of -3.29% in January, but balanced with the accumulated increase in 1.61% who registered so far February.
This Thursday, before today’s fall, that last variable had reached 2.3%. If the exchange rate recovers its upward trend, it could neutralize the strong decline that it showed in the first month of the year. For this, it should reach 40.071 pesos, which would imply an increase of 0.77 pesos per dollar.
After the slight positive balance of 0.07% with which it closed last week, the dollar fell again this Monday and was at the precipice of 39 pesos. With the rebound of the last three days, he moved away from that floor again, but with today’s decline, he was 30 cents from that base.
Compared to the same day but last year -February 17, 2022-, when the exchange rate was 43,057 pesos, the year-on-year variation was -8.72%.
This last variable has been showing a downward trend in recent days mainly because, by then, the dollar had already begun to fall after reaching historical peaks that it had registered in the first days of last year.
Source: Ambito
