The dollar completed a whole week on the rise and appreciated strongly

The dollar completed a whole week on the rise and appreciated strongly

September 20, 2024 – 16:29

The US currency rose again on Friday, improving by 2.23% in just five days, in the midst of a bullish rally.

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He dollar rose 0.19% this Friday and closed at 41.677 pesos, according to the exchange rate. Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), thus confirming its bullish rally, breaking a new record for the year and completing a whole week on the rise in which it reached an appreciation of 2.23%.

In this way, the US currency is going through a more than positive month, with an improvement of 3.33%, while the recovery of the dollar so far this year it has reached 6.80%, driven by local factors, such as the uncertainty generated by the plebiscite of social security PIT-CNT.

On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar The retail bill was offered at 40.45 pesos for purchase and 42.95 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of the eBROU Dollar It was at 40.95 pesos for purchase and 42.45 pesos for sale.

The closing price in the Electronic Stock Exchange of Uruguay (Bevsa) was 41,680 pesos, while the maximum price was 41,720 pesos, and the minimum was 41,600 pesos. A total of 78 transactions were made, with a transaction amount of more than 39 million dollars.

Crypto Tether (USDT)1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 45.14 pesos for online purchases with a bank account or card, and from 42.94 pesos to 45.80 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.

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Slight advance of the dollar at a global level

In turn, the global dollar advanced across the board and even strengthened against the yen, reaching its highest level in two weeks, due to the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged and indicated it was in no rush to raise them again.

While the greenback traded volatilely following the Fed’s rate cut, United States Federal Reserve (Fed), The dollar index, which measures the greenback against major currencies, rose slightly to 100.75, just above a one-year low.

Meanwhile, the euro weakened 0.01% to $1.115925, while the dollar rose to 144.50 yen, hitting its highest level since early September. In turn, the pound sterling rose 0.24% to $1.33180, supported by the release of strong British retail sales data.

The dollar in recent days

  • September 13 — 40,767
  • September 16 — 40,956
  • September 17 — 41,063
  • September 18 — 41,307
  • September 19 — 41,599

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