The dollar rose a 0.03% with respect to Monday and closed in 38,031 pesosaccording to the official price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), thus putting a stop to a streak of two consecutive days down.
In this way, the US currency managed to resist above the 38-peso range and accumulates a 1.6% increase so far this month if compared to the end of July, in 37,429 pesos.
On the other hand, if one compares year-on-year, the decline is close to 5% compared to August 8, 2022 when it operated at 40,178, while it has a depreciation of almost 5.1% so far this year.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), the dollar was offered to 36.80 pesos for the buysand 39.20 pesos for the sale. On the other hand, the preferential value of the eBROU dollar He was in 37.30 pesos for the buysand 38.70 pesos for the sale.
The last operation of the day in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa) was agreed in 38 pesos, while the maximum price was 38,050 pesos and the minimum was 38 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 23with a total amount of operations of more than 65.6 million dollars.
1 to 1 parity cryptocurrencies with the dollar as Tether (USDT) traded at an average of 39.63 pesos for online purchase through a bank or card, and from 39.64 pesos to 42.02 pesos in the peer-to-peer market (P2P) from Binance.
For its part, the price of dollar prex was to 37.91 pesos for the buysand 38.29 pesos for the sale.
The exchange rate delay is still far from being corrected
Given this situation, the situation of exchange rate delay, which some sectors describe as “delay in reforms”, alluding to the lack of government measures, continues far from being corrected, in a context of global weakening of the US currency.
The situation occurs in the middle of the exchange difference with Argentina, where the rise of the blue dollar led him to break a new all-time record and reached the 598 Argentine pesos, widening the price gap between the neighboring country and Uruguay.
The price of the dollar over the last five days
- August 1 — 37,496
- August 2 — 37,861
- August 3 — 38,259
- August 4 — 38,055
- August 5 — 38,031
Source: Ambito
