The note continues to gain momentum and appreciated 0.33% this Friday, with strong growth so far this month.
He dollar rose 0.32% compared to Thursday and closed at 38,788 pesos, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), so that the interbank completed its second consecutive week on the rise, within the framework of a more than positive April.
The US currency appreciated 0.69% this week and has accumulated an improvement of 3.29% so far this month, partially cutting the exchange delay and the depreciation that it experiences in the annual accumulated, which is currently in the order of 0.60%,
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), dollar bill retail It was offered at 37.55 pesos for purchase and 40.05 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 38.05 pesos for purchase and at 39.55 pesos for sale.
The closing price of the day in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) It was 38,770 pesos, while the maximum price was 38,850 pesos, and the minimum was 38,700 pesos. On this day, the number of transactions was a total of 57, with a transaction amount of 27.6 million dollars.
The crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 40.16 pesos for online purchases through a bank or card, and from 41.13 pesos to 42.51 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
A part of the Coalition joined the criticism of the exchange rate delay
Despite the 50 basis point drop in the Monetary Policy Rate defined by the BCU, agriculture remains critical of the exchange rate delay that the country is experiencing, while in the last hours the leader of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Ríos, who questioned the strategy of “ironing” the dollar to contain the inflation.
Manini Ríos considered that “there are sectors that are paying for this inflation control” and asked himself: What is missing to understand that we cannot continue banking on companies disappearing because the numbers do not support them?
In line with what was proposed by the Rural Association of Uruguay (ARU), the senator maintained that “it is very important to control the public spending”, For which he called to reach “a national agreement” between the different political blocs.
The dollar over the past five days
- April 5 — 38,521
- April 8 — 38,792
- April 9 — 38,494
- April 10 — 38,538
- April 11 — 38,664
Source: Ambito
