He dollar fell a 0.75% compared to yesterday, and remained in the 38,945 pesosaccording to the official interbank price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU). Last Thursday the US currency reached its maximum in the last two months but with the fall of the last three exchange days it pierced the floor of 39 pesos and returned to the range of 38 pesos.
on the blackboard of Republic Bank (BROU), the dollar was offered to 37.75 pesos for purchase and 40.15 pesos for sale. On the other hand, the preferential value of the Dollar eBROU He was in 38.25 pesos for purchase and 39.65 pesos for sale.
The last operation of the day in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa), was agreed in 38.95 pesos, while the average price of operations was 38,945 pesos. Today the number of transactions was a total of 36with a number of operations that totaled more than $20.1 million.
The dollar accumulates a decline of 2.81% so far this year
Until last Friday, the dollar accumulated a large increase in the first 17 days of March, which reached 1.55%. However, with the falls in recent days, this variable remained in just 0.13%. The expectations that the evolution of the current month would neutralize the strong drop in January (-3.25%) were, meanwhile –and for the moment– discarded.
With the strong rebound last Thursday, the dollar touched its maximum value in the last two months. The last time she was worth more was on January 16, 2023, when she reached 39.86 pesos. Of all the closings of exchange days that have occurred so far in the year, Thursday’s was the tenth highest price of the dollar.
Now, in less than five days, the dollar He returned to the 38-peso range, in which I was not since February. However, it is less than 0.06 dollars to overcome the floor of 39 pesos again.
This way, so far in 2023 the foreign currency accumulates a fall of 2.81%. Regarding February 21, the exchange rate showed a monthly variation negative of 0.91% While, compared to the same day but last year -March 21, 2022-, when the exchange rate was 42,523 pesos, the interanual variation was from 8.41% negative.
Last Thursday’s rally caused this variable to fall below 7 percentage points for the first time in a number of months. However, now not only has it exceeded that percentage again, but it is also above 8%.
As a counterpart, the drop in the price of a year ago, which is taken as a reference, had been falling precisely from the historical peaks that had been registered in the first months of 2022. Meanwhile, the percentage remains balanced and plummets every time the current exchange rate rises.
Source: Ambito
