Friday December 23, 2022 | 12:50 p.m.
The blue dollar registers another jump this Friday. With a rebound of $7, the price of the ticket in the informal market accelerates its upward trend and is now approaching the threshold of $340, while the dollars advance up to 1.4% since the first operations of the day.
With this strong jump, the informal currency accumulates an advance of $16 in the week and is close to the peak of $350 that was registered on July 22 of this year.
The increases, which according to the operators are due to a greater demand that is being observed, occur even when the Central Bank continues to add “soybean dollars”. Yesterday it made net purchases for US$57 million due to its interventions in the official exchange market and the accumulated amount for the month rose to US$840 million.
At the same time, almost US$6 billion is expected to be sent to the country by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which yesterday approved the last quarterly goals agreed in the new credit program, which will have a positive impact on reserves. of the Central Bank.
Blue dollar current price
With this rise of $7 in the informal market, the price of the blue dollar will be located this Friday at $333 for purchase and $337 for sale. At the same time, it widens the gap to more than 92% with respect to the official wholesale exchange rate and 85% in relation to the retail average.
For their part, the financial prices of the dollar registered new increases since the beginning of the round. The MEP through the GD30 bond and the cash with settlement (CCL) through the Cedear “KO” advanced 1.4% and 0.6% to settle above $328 and $335, respectively, official sources from El Chronicler.
As for the official, the retail exchange rate remains stable at $180.50 on the screens of Banco Nación and $181.60 on the average of financial institutions in the country, while the wholesaler registers an increase of 33 cents to start the day of this Thursday at 174.86 pesos.
