He dollar rose 0.55% compared to Wednesday and closed at 39,953 pesos, according to the official price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU)so that, after yesterday’s fall, it recovered the bullish path that maintains it with a positive trend so far this month.
The US currency has accumulated an appreciation of 3.62% so far in October and has cut part of the exchange delay of this year, to such an extent that the decrease compared to the end of 2022 was reduced to 0.29% and threatens to exceed the range of 40 pesos. However, on a year-on-year basis the drop is greater and reaches 3.14% compared to October 12 of last year.
Regarding the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU)he dollar bill Retailer was offered at 38.80 pesos for purchase, and 41.20 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 39.30 pesos for purchase, and 40.70 pesos for sale.
The closing price of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was 40 pesos, while the maximum price was also 40 pesos, and the minimum was 39,900 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 28, with an amount of operations of almost 16.6 million dollars.
Cryptocurrencies 1 to 1 parity with the dollar (stablecoins) like Tether (USDT) They were quoted at an average of 41.58 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 41.58 pesos to 43.77 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
For its part, the price of dollar prex It was 39.85 pesos for purchase, and 40.25 pesos for sale.
The dollar rises, waiting for what the Fed will determine in the United States
While the dollar is going through a moment of decline at a global level, it remains to know what the Federal Reserve (Fed) of USA regarding the interest rate, after today it is known that, for the third consecutive month, the inflation It remained stable in September in that country, around 3.7%.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) USA, consumer prices rose four tenths monthly compared to August, while the Underlying inflation, a fact about which Fed sets its sights to make decisions about rates, fell two tenths year-on-year, to 4.1%, although it rose three tenths in the monthly order.
Now it remains to know if the Federal Reserve defines a new increase before the end of the year, in one of the two remaining meetings. Since March of last year, it has accumulated 11 increases and today the rates are between 5.25% and 5.5%, their highest level since 2001.
The price of the dollar over the last five days
- October 5 — 39,397
- October 6 — 39,596
- October 9 — 39,857
- October 10 — 39,967
- October 11 — 39,733
Source: Ambito
