He dollar rose 0.13% compared to Thursday and closed at 38,454 pesos, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), closing a new negative week that placed it far from the range of 39 pesos.
In this way, the US currency fell 1.52% so far this month, moving away from the value expected by the market and far from any possibility of rebound. Meanwhile, if it is compared to the end of 2023, the price of dollar fell 1.46%.
Regarding the behavior in recent days, the bill reached its fifth consecutive week downward, falling 0.78% compared to Monday’s opening value, which was 38,756 pesos.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU)he dollar Retail ticket was offered at 37.35 pesos for purchase and 39.55 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 37.85 pesos for purchase and at 39.05 pesos for sale.
The closing price of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was 38,430 pesos, while the maximum price was 38,550 pesos, and the minimum was 38,400 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 67, with a transaction amount of 32.6 million dollars.
The crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 41.65 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 40.90 pesos to 42.92 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The dollar strengthens internationally
On the international scene, the dollar rose this Friday to highs in more than a week, after mixed data that showed that the US economy remains stable with small pockets of weakness, ahead of the meeting of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of next week.
He dollar index, which compares the note with a basket of six prominent currencies, registered a weekly increase of 0.7%, the largest since mid-January, trading at 103.43 units.
The US currency rose 0.5% against its Japanese pair, to 149.02 yen, accumulating a weekly improvement of 1.3%, while the euro rose slightly to $1.0889 and the pound sterling fell 0.1% to $1.2737.
The dollar over the past five days
- March 8 — 38,756
- March 11 — 38,811
- March 12 — 38,789
- March 13 — 38,641
- March 14 — 38,404
Source: Ambito
