He dollar backed up a 0.33% compared to yesterday, and remained in the 38,615 pesosaccording to the official interbank price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU). Thus, the foreign currency has been below the floor of 39 pesos for four weeks and remains stable so far in April.
on the blackboard of Republic Bank (BROU), the dollar was offered to 37.5 pesos for purchase and 39.9 pesos for sale. On the other hand, the preferential value of the Dollar eBROU He was in 38 pesos for purchase and 39.4 pesos for sale.
The last operation of the day in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa), was agreed in 38.68 pesos, while the average price of operations was 38,615 pesos. Today the number of transactions was a total of 38with an amount of operations of almost 19 million dollars.
The dollar accumulates a fall of 3.63% so far in 2023
The exchange rate closed March with a fall of 0.63%. Now, in the first 11 days of April it remained relatively stable, so the accumulated figure for the month shows a negative variation of just 0.08%.
Almost a month ago, the dollar hit its highest in the two months up to then – on Thursday, March 16 – but from there, it began a sharp downward path. Meanwhile, neither February nor March managed to neutralize the strong drop in January (-3.25%).
In addition, with the practically sustained fall in recent weeks, the currency He returned to the 38-peso range, in which he had not been since February, and since then he has not managed to exceed the threshold of 39 pesos. In fact, they go four weeks where you can’t do it. It is now just over $0.39 away from it.
This way, so far in 2023 the foreign currency accumulates a drop of 3.63%. Regarding last March 11, the monthly variation registered is from 1.64% in red.
While, compared to the same day but last year -April 11, 2022-, when the exchange rate was 41,453 pesos, the interanual variation is from 6.84% negative. It has been a long time since this variable was positioned at these levels and now it has been there for more than a month.
The year-on-year indicator fell sharply in recent weeks, mainly because, by then –beginning of 2022–, the dollar had already begun to fall after reaching the historical peaks it had registered in the first weeks of last year. Meanwhile, now, the year-on-year variation remains balanced and collapses every time the current exchange rate rises.
Source: Ambito
