In October, More than $ 500 million have been purchased compared to sales in October 2020 for more than $ 600 million in the same number of days. In the accumulated of the year, purchases exceed US $ 6.7 billion and it is the second best year in the last decade.
The improvement in foreign currency accumulation coincided with the new restrictions imposed to operate with financial dollars, which had the objective of reducing the magnitude of the BCRA’s intervention in the stock market (via loss of reserves) to control MEP prices. and the CCL.
The Savings dollar or solidarity dollar -which includes 30% of the COUNTRY tax, and 35% to Profit account- amounts to eight cents to $ 173.15. For the week, it was up 39 cents.
Wholesale dollar
In the wholesale segment, the currency advanced two cents to $ 99.39, accumulating a rise of 21 cents in the week.
Dollar CCL
The CCL dollar it rises 0.9% to $ 180.56. Thus, the spread with the wholesale exchange rate operates the day at 81.6%.
With greater force, the so-called “free” CCL, operated via bilateral negotiations or through ADRs, exhibited a new advance to reach the $ 197 / $ 198 zone according to market sources.
Dollar MEP
Likewise, the MEP dollar or regulated stock market rises 0.5% to $ 179.80, which leaves a gap of 80.85%.
blue dollar
The dollar blue deepened its upward climb this Friday and scored a new record in one year, climbing another $ 2 to $ 193, according to a survey of Ambit in the Black Market of Foreign Currency.
The The informal dollar thus accumulates a jump of $ 7.50 in the last 4 days, going from $ 185.50 to the current level, very close to its historical nominal maximum of $ 195, reached exactly 12 months ago.
Thus, the gap between the parallel dollar and the official price of the currency is above 94% (at 94.1%) and has reached its highest level since the first business day of the year (94.8%).
However, so far in October, the blue dollar registered an advance of $ 7 (+ 3.8%).
Let us remember that during September, the informal dollar rose by $ 4.50 (+ 2.5%), after posting its lowest rise since March in August, climbing just $ 1 (+ 0.6%). After touching a $ 139 minimum in early April, the parallel dollar increased $ 9 in April (6.4%), $ 7 (4.7%) in May, $ 11 (7%) in June, and $ 12.50 (+ 7.4%) in July.
The nominal historical record of the blue dollar was recorded on October 23, 2020, when the price shot up to $ 195. That day the gap registered a record 150%.

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