The US currency fell 0.38% at the beginning of 2025, despite the strength of the currency globally.
He dollar It closed with a drop of 0.38% and, after a year of clear growth, was quoted at 43,900 pesos on the first exchange day of 2025, according to data from the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU).
The US currency thus operated contrary to what happened with the global dollar,which was strongly appreciated this Thursday, in the heat of last year’s strong profits and expectations about the government of the president-elect of United States, Donald Trump, which will take office on the 20th of this month.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar Retail ticket was offered at 42.80 pesos for purchase and 45.20 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 43.30 pesos for purchase and at 44.70 pesos for sale.
The closing price in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) was 44 pesos, while the maximum price was also 44 pesos, and the minimum was 43,800 pesos. A total of 62 transactions were carried out, with a transaction amount of more than 32.5 million dollars.
The crypto Tether (USDT), 1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 47.78 pesos for online purchases with a bank account or card, and from 45.38 pesos to 48.95 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
Projections on the value of the dollar in 2025
After reaching its peak in almost three years last month, the dollar closed 2024 below the 44.50 pesos that the market anticipated, according to the Economic Expectations Survey(EEA) December.
For the first half of this year, the analysts consulted consider that the greenback could oscillate around 44.80 pesos, with a strengthening in the second half, which would take its value to 46 pesos at the end of December.
The change of political sign with the assumption of Yamandu Orsi on March 1, the regional situation with special attention to the Brazilian real and the direction that Trump will give to his administration in USA, affecting everyone, will be the variables that can influence movements in the exchange rate.
The dollar during the last days
- December 23 — 44,157
- December 24 — 44,028
- December 26 — 43,850
- December 27 — 43,661
- December 30 — 44,066
Source: Ambito
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