The US currency achieved a daily improvement of 0.06% and closed a more than positive October against the peso.
He dollar rose 0.06% compared to the previous day and closed at 39.974 pesos, reaching its maximum value throughout the year after two consecutive days of rise, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU).
With this increase, the US currency approached 40 pesos, a level that it has not reached since the end of 2022 and from which it was very far away a few weeks ago. However, the international context contributed to a strengthening of the dollar, which corrected part of the exchange delay that it exhibited throughout the year and, after reaching its maximum for the year during this month, today it exceeded that value.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU)he dollar retail ticket It 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 39,980 pesos, while the maximum price was 40 pesos, and the minimum was 39,950 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 30, with an amount of operations of more than 13.7 million dollars.
Cryptocurrencies 1 to 1 parity with the dollar (stablecoins), such as Tether (USDT)was quoted at an average of 41.20 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 41.20 pesos to 43.95 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
For its part, the price of dollar prex It was 39.80 pesos for purchase, and 40.20 pesos for sale.
The dollar closed its best month in three and a half years
In this way, the dollar rounded off its best month since March 2020, reaching an appreciation of 3.67% in October, much higher than the level exhibited in September, in which it had also had a positive trajectory. With these data, the interbank accumulated a decline of 0.24% so far this year, a decrease that stretches to 1.38% in the year-on-year comparison.
In any case, the global trend seems to be positive, at a time when the yield on Treasury bonds USA to 10 years have an increase of around 31 basis points so far this month and we will have to wait what happens in the next few hours with the decision by the Federal Reserve (Fed) about the interest rates reference.
The price of the dollar over the last five days
- October 24 — 39,848
- October 25 — 39,885
- October 26 — 39,959
- October 27 — 39,923
- October 30 — 39,952
Source: Ambito
