He dollar rose 0.02% compared to the last day and closed at 38.285 pesos, according to the official price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU)chaining its second consecutive day on the rise and entering the range of 38 pesos.
During September, the dollar accumulates a monthly increase of 1.84%, although so far in 2023, the US currency has fallen 4.46% compared to the end of 2022. On a year-on-year basis, the drop is 7.02%.
He “cheap dollar“is generating uncertainty for the summer among local tourism agents, since, measured in the greenback, Uruguay continues to be an expensive destination in the region for foreign visitors, especially Argentinians, due to the exchange difference.
The Ceres Economist, Martin Alesina considered that “if one compares the last 20 years, Uruguay has been consistently more expensive than Argentinait was always more expensive.”
“If you do this same exercise with other countries relevant to tourism, countries and regions, you see that Uruguay It is more expensive against everyone. The current level of increase in Uruguay obviously presents a very serious difficulty,” he explained Alesina.
The retail ticket continues to rise
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU)he dollar bill It was offered at 37.10 pesos for purchase, and 39.50 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 37.60 pesos for purchase, and 39.00 pesos for sale.
The last operation of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was agreed at 38,280 pesos, while the maximum price was 38,320 pesos, and the minimum was 38,230 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 35, with a total transaction amount of more than 22 million dollars. In turn, there was a dollar operation OCT (09/25/2024) for more than 5 million dollars.
Cryptocurrencies 1 to 1 parity with the dollar as Tether (USDT) They were quoted at an average of 39.99 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 39.99 pesos to 42.11 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
For its part, the price of dollar prex It was at 38.11 pesos for purchase, and 38.49 pesos for sale.
The price of the dollar over the last five days
- September 19 — 38.13
- September 20 — 38,053
- September 21 — 38,205
- September 22 — 38,115
- September 25 — 38,277
Source: Ambito
