The note fell 0.45% in one day and is on track to close 2023 with a fall against the Uruguayan peso.
He dollar fell 0.45% compared to Tuesday and closed at 39,017 pesos, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), so that the US currency accumulated its fourth consecutive day of decline.
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With this setback, the US currency was very far from 40 pesos and on the edge of the 38 peso range. Thus, the dollar It maintains a slightly negative variation in December, of the order of 0.26%, a value in which it has not operated since the beginning of the month.


On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU)he dollar Retail ticket was offered at 37.80 pesos for purchase, and 40.20 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 38.30 pesos for purchase, and at 39.70 pesos for sale.
The closing price of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was 39 pesos, while the maximum price was 39,080 pesos, and the minimum was 39 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 18, with a transaction amount of almost 10 million dollars.
The crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 41.50 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 41.40 pesos to 43.49 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The quote of dollar prex It was at 39.00 pesos for purchase, and also at 39.40 pesos for sale.
The dollar is heading to close a year with a negative balance
In this way, everything indicates that the dollar will end 2023 on the downside, since today it has accumulated a decline of 2.63% so far this year, with just two exchange days left to end the year.
Taking this into account, the bill is even below the value expected by the market, which in the last Economic Expectations Survey (EEA) that prepares the BCU He showed that analysts expect the currency to close the year at 39.50 pesos.
Added to this is the recent report from the Japanese credit agency, Rating and Investment (R&I), which confirmed the qualification of the Uruguayan debt in BBB+, highlighting Uruguay as “a high-income country that stands out among South American countries in terms of institutional and political stability.”
The dollar over the past five days
- December 19 — 39,233
- December 20 — 39,454
- December 21 — 39,365
- December 22 — 39,234
- December 26 — 39,195
Source: Ambito