He dollar It rose 0.71% compared to the last day and closed today at 38,152 pesos, according to the official price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), so that the US currency accumulates an increase of 1.93% so far in August.
On the other hand, so far in 2023, the dollar it fell 4.79% compared to the end of 2022, while at the year-on-year level the fall is 4.92% taking the price of August 12, 2022, when it closed that day at 40,126 pesos.
In Argentinathe government of Alberto Fernandez announced an increase in the official exchange rate to 350 Argentine pesos per dollarwhich represents a devaluation of 22%, and an increase in the interest rate of Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) of 21 percentage points, up to 118%.
In turn, the Dolar blue (or parallel) in that country closed today at 685 pesos, something that continues to hit merchants in the border departments of the country’s coast, which have been greatly affected by the exchange difference and the price gap with Argentina.
This month, the BCU lowered its projections in its latest Survey of Economic Expectations and reported that market agents expect the dollar closing 2023 at 39.86 pesos on average, which would imply an increase of 4.48% for the end of the calendar year.
The retail bill continues above 39 pesos
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar it was offered at 36.80 pesos for purchase, and 39.20 pesos for sale. On the other hand, the preferential value of the eBROU dollar it was at 37.30 pesos for the purchase, and 38.70 pesos for the sale.
The last operation of the day in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa) was agreed at 38,000 pesos, while the maximum price was 38,450 pesos, and the minimum was 38,000 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 42, with a total amount of transactions of nearly 23 million dollars.
The cryptocurrencies 1 to 1 parity with the dollar as Tether (USDT) were quoted at an average of 39.31 pesos for online purchase through a bank or with a card, and from 39.34 pesos to 42.28 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
For its part, the price of dollar prex it was at 37.91 pesos for the purchase, and 38.29 pesos for the sale.
The price of the dollar over the last five days
- August 7 — 38,018
- August 8 — 38,031
- August 9 — 37,952
- August 10 — 37,794
- August 11 — 37,883
Source: Ambito
