In October, More than US $ 500 million have been purchased compared to sales in October 2020 for more than US $ 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 the accumulation of foreign currency 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- amounted 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, which accumulated a rise of 21 cents in the week, during a round with a significant amount traded, the highest since September 30.
The North American currency traded with ups and downs and with alternating dominance of supply and genuine demand. Prices moved with very low fluctuation and always within the parameters established by the Central Bank.
Dollar CCL
The CCL dollar It was up 1.2% ($ 2.16) on the week and ended at $ 179.33. Thus, the spread with the wholesale exchange rate closed the day at 80.4%.
With greater force, the so-called “free” CCL, operated via bilateral negotiations or through ADRs, exhibited a new advance to reach above $ 200 according to market sources.
Dollar MEP
Likewise, the MEP dollar or regulated stock market rose 0.9% ($ 1.55) in the week to $ 179.23, which left a gap of 80.3%.
blue dollar
The dollar blue deepened its upward climb and equaled its all-time high, climbing another $ 4 to $ 195, according to a survey of Ambit in the Black Market of Foreign Currency. In this way, rose $ 8.50 (+ 4.6%), the most important advance in this period in the last 4 months (last week of June)
The informal dollar thus accumulates a jump of $ 9.50 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.
With the rise this Friday, the banknote equaled the nominal historical record of the blue dollar registered on October 23, 2020. That day the gap registered a record of 150%.
Thus, the gap between the parallel dollar and the official price of the currency is above 96% (at 96.2%) 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 $ 7.50 (+ 4%), while in the year it appreciated 16.6%, well below the inflation close to 40% registered in 2021.
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.
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