The US currency fell 0.05%, but remains firmly above $40.
He dollar fell 0.05% compared to Thursday and closed at 40.261 pesos, according to the exchange rate. Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), so it completed the week above 40 pesos, but without managing to hold on to its peak from last Friday, its highest value in more than 20 months.
Despite this setback, the US currency maintains an appreciation of 0.68% so far this month and, in comparison with the close of 2023, itl dollar accumulates an improvement of 3.18%, remaining above the value projected by the market, of 40.08 pesos.
The decline was reflected in what happened globally, with the dollar index, which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six currencies, also falling by 0.05%, remaining at 104.38 points
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar The retail bill was offered at 39 pesos for purchase and 41.50 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of the eBROU Dollar It was at 39.50 pesos for purchase and 41 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 also 40,300 pesos, and the lowest was 40,230 pesos. A total of 36 transactions were made, with a transaction value of more than 23.6 million dollars.
Crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 43.62 pesos for online purchases with a bank account or card, and from 42.15 pesos to 44.31 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The new president of the BCU guaranteed the free floating of the dollar
The day had an important milestone in the economic aspect, which was the departure of Diego Labat as president of the BCU, who will join the economic team of the presidential candidate National Party, Alvaro Delgado. In this context, his successor Washington Ribeiro He anticipated that he will continue with the monetary politics current.
In that sense, beyond the criticism for the exchange rate lag, ruled out any influence on the value of the dollar and clarified: “We have not intervened in the exchange market for almost three years and we will continue to do so.”
“He exchange rate It is the one that closes the equation for all companies cost effectiveness? “Of course not,” Ribeiro admitted, but warned: “Either we fight to control something that we cannot control (inflation) or we take care of changing what is within our control.”
The dollar over the previous days
- July 19 — 40,454
- July 22 — 40,116
- July 23 — 40,173
- July 24 — 40,243
- July 25 — 40,280
Source: Ambito
