The Central Bank had to sell almost $50 million this Tuesday, after accumulating a negative balance of some US$130 million in January, to supply a demand for foreign currency pressured by corporate debt payments and the high level of imports.
Savings or solidarity dollar
The savings dollar or solidarity dollar -retailer plus taxes- jumped 23 cents to $183, after climbing 2.2% in the first month of the year.
wholesale dollar
The wholesale dollar, which regulates the Central Bank, increased 10 cents to $105.12. In January, it also advanced 2.2%.
In another order, the BCRA awarded a total of 384,104 million pesos, equivalent to some 3,654 million dollars in Liquidity Letters (Leliq) at 28 and 183 days. Title transactions within 28 days totaled 375,010 million pesos and for 183 days the auction captured 9,094 million pesos. Operators estimated that maturities for 441,063 million pesos were registered on the day.
The BCRA added the litigation period of six months and increased the rate for short placements from 38% to 40% at the beginning of the year.
future dollar
On the first day of February, The drop in implicit rates in future dollar contracts continued.
MEP dollar
The MEP dollar or Stock Exchange (operated with G30) rose 0.5% ($1.15) to settle at $214.63, with which the gap widened to 104.2%. This exchange rate registered an increase of 8.5% or $16.79 in January.
Dollar CCL
In contrast, the dollar CCL (operated with the G30) chained its third low in a row and closed at $222.21. Thus, the spread with the official exchange rate it was reduced to 111.4%. Throughout January, the so-called “cable” dollar accumulated a rise of 9.7% or $19.78.
The blue dollar rose for the second consecutive day this Tuesday, February 1, 2022, $1 to $214, according to a survey by Ámbito in the Black Foreign Exchange Market.
The parallel dollar rebounded another peso on Monday, after collapsing $10 in reaction to the announcement of the country’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Therefore, the gap with the wholesale exchange rate, which is regulated by the Central Bank, ended the session at 103.6%.
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Source: Ambito
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