The US currency fell in the local market, in line with what happened internationally.
He dollar fell 0.16% compared to Wednesday and closed at 43.975 pesos, according to the price of the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), remaining around 44 pesos at a beginning of the year marked by ups and downs.
In this way, the US currency is 0.21% below the closing value of 2024 and without reaching the level that analysts anticipated in the last Economic Expectations Survey(EEA), which anticipated a dollar at 44.50 pesos and remaining at a similar level during the first half of the year.
On the reference board of the Republic Bank (BROU), he dollar Retail ticket was offered at 42.75 pesos for purchase and 45.15 pesos for sale. For its part, the preferential value of eBROU dollar It was at 43.25 pesos for purchase and at 44.65 pesos for sale.
The closing price in the Uruguayan Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa) was 43,950 pesos, while the maximum price was 44 pesos, and the minimum was 43,950 pesos. A total of 28 transactions were carried out, with a transaction amount of more than 13.9 million dollars.
The crypto Tether (USDT), 1 to 1 parity with the dollarwas quoted today at an average of 47.80 pesos for online purchases with a bank account or card, and from 46.06 pesos to 48.48 pesos in the Binance peer-to-peer (P2P) market.
The dollar, in tune with the international scenario
The greenback thus operated in tune with what happened globally, with a dollar index which fell in the order of 0.1%, while operators digest the mixed economic data of USA to assess the prospects for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve (Fed) during this year, to which is added on Monday the inauguration of Donald Trump.
The retail sales in the North American country rose 0.4% last month after upward revisions the previous month, data from the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau showed. Meanwhile, the number of Americans who filed new claims for benefits unemployment It increased last week more than expected, but remained at levels that show a healthy labor market.
The dollar during the last days
- January 9 — 43,683
- January 10 — 43,961
- January 13 — 44,079
- January 14 — 43,962
- January 15 — 44,047
Source: Ambito
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