He dollar increased its value by 0.37% compared to Wednesday and closed at 39,217 pesos, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), recovering ground after a few days where the US currency remained flat.
In this way, the dollar reversed the monthly trend and shows an improvement of 0.14% so far this month, while the appreciation of the banknote so far this year amounts to 0.50%, as a result of the good level it had shown throughout January.
On the reference board of the Banco República (BROU), he dollar Retail ticket was offered at 38 pesos for purchase and 40.40 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 38.50 pesos for purchase and at 39.90 pesos for sale.
The closing price of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was 39,200 pesos, while the maximum price was 39,250 pesos, and the minimum was 39,150 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 20, with a transaction amount of 18.1 million dollars. In addition, two operations were carried out dollar OCT (07/26/2024) for $5.1 million.
The crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 40.56 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 41.19 pesos to 43.08 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The quote of dollar prex It was at 39.05 pesos for purchase, and at 39.45 pesos for sale.
The global dollar also closed higher
The improvement of the ticket in the local market had its correlation with the global dollar, which rose 0.14% this Thursday, reaching 104.16 units and approaching what was the value of 104.43 on Monday, its highest level in three months.
This increase had a lot to do with the fact that the data on unemployment benefits once again pointed to a resilient labor market in USA, which reinforces the message of the Federal Reserve (Fed) that it is unlikely that the interest rates short term.
“The data continues to point to a solid labor market that has kept the dollar strong,” he said. Thierry Wizman, Global Currency and Interest Rates Strategist at Macquarie NY.
And he added: “The problem here is that we continue to receive positive surprises in USA and we are not getting enough positive surprises in the rest of the world, and certainly not in China”.
Meanwhile, the euro rebounded from a low of $1.074, advancing 0.02% to $1.0773, while the performance of Treasury bond The two-year yield, which reflects interest rate expectations, rose 3.4 basis points to 4.456% and the 10-year yield advanced 7 basis points to 4.168%.
The dollar over the past five days
- February 1 — 39,074
- February 2 — 39,054
- February 5 — 39,148
- February 6 — 39,068
- February 7 — 39,073
Source: Ambito
