He Dolar blue He took a new leap to mark another record day. This Friday, the patero closed at a nominal figure of $442 at the selling point, and financial exchange rates exceeded $440 for the first time, in a day of political tension and high volatility in the exchange market.
After the resignation of President Alberto Fernández from his electoral candidacy was announced, the price of the blue reached $447to then descend on the close of the markets.
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For its part, the Central Bank bought US$ 289 million in a day of high exchange rate tension and the monetary authority now reached a positive balance in the month of US$ 81 million. In this way, the monthly negative balance was reversed.
The wheel was characterized by the high volatility of the price of the parallel currency, and some caves in the Buenos Aires microcenter suspended their operations due to the lack of currency supply and uncertainty on the part of buyers.
Meanwhile, the blue dollar reached the intraday record of $447 in the middle of the day, rising almost $15, and in some provinces it was close to $450.
The parallel currency reached the largest weekly increase since the resignation of former minister Martín Guzmán and the gap with the official dollar once again exceeded 100% and stood at around 103%.
