The US currency rose 0.17% and remains more than 3% above its closing value in 2023.
He dollar rose 0.17% compared to Tuesday and closed at 40.243 pesos, according to the exchange rate. Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), registering its second consecutive rise and strengthening above 40 pesos.
The US currency thus maintains its positive streak so far this month, a period in which it has accumulated an improvement of 0.64%. If we analyze the annual accumulation, the appreciation of the dollar reaches 3.13% compared to the end of 2023, partially correcting the exchange rate lag.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar The retail bill was offered at 39.05 pesos for purchase and 41.45 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of the eBROU Dollar It was at 39.55 pesos for purchase and 40.95 pesos for sale.
The closing price in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa) The highest price was 40,250 pesos, while the highest price was 40,300 pesos, and the lowest was 40,200 pesos. A total of 26 transactions were made, with a transaction value of more than 23 million dollars.
Crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 43.46 pesos for online purchases with a bank account or card, and from 42 pesos to 44.57 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The dollar consolidates above 40 pesos
The US currency remains strong against the Uruguayan Peso Despite eventual falls in the global dollar, like the one that occurred today, to the point that so far this month it has operated almost every day above 40 pesos.
Since July 1st, he managed to break that symbolic barrier which was only reached once in 2023, the greenback closed only twice and by a few cents below that value.
Even, the dollar It broke its maximum of more than 20 months last Friday the 19th, when it climbed to 40.454 pesos, a level that it had not reached since the beginning of November 2022.
The dollar in the previous days
- July 16 — 40,141
- July 17 — 40,284
- July 19 — 40,454
- July 22 — 40,116
- July 23 — 40,173
Source: Ambito
