Dollar today: how much it closed this Friday, March 18

Dollar today: how much it closed this Friday, March 18

In the wholesale segment, the Central Bank (BCRA) validated the highest rate of devaluation since February 2021in the midst of a surprising inflationary jump that puts pressure on exchange competitiveness.

In this framework, the monetary authority had to sell foreign currency for the second consecutive day, but in the weekly accumulated it registered a positive result of US$44 million.

Savings or solidarity dollar

The savings dollar or solidarity dollar -retailer plus taxes- rises three cents to $189.63 on average.

wholesale dollar

The exchange rate directly regulated by the Central Bank it climbed 19 cents to close at $109.70. In this way, in the week it accumulated an advance of 82 cents (0.8%), the highest in percentage terms since the last week of February 2021.

After cutting a streak of 11 wheels without selling currencies on Thursday, the entity led by Miguel Pesce got rid of another US$19 million this Friday to supply the demand. Even so, it chained its third week in a row with a positive net balance.

Dollar CCL

The dollar “counted with liquid” (CCL) -operated with the Global 2030 bond- down four cents to $195.70for which the gap with the wholesale exchange rate, which is regulated by the Central Bank (BCRA), falls slightly to 78.4%.

MEP dollar

In the same sense, the MEP dollar -also valued with the Global 2030 bond- falls 15 cents to $195.12which brings the official spread below 78%.

The blue dollar operates stable this fridayaccording to a survey carried out by Ámbito in the Foreign Exchange Black Market, and It is trading at $202 for sale, so the gap drops slightly to 84.2%.

During the week, the currency also remains unchanged, while, so far in March, it exhibits a decrease of $9.

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Source: Ambito

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