Again this Tuesday the blue dollar broke its own record by shooting up 12 pesos and it was sold for $420 in the “caves” of Buenos Aires. Finally it fell back to 418 pesos. The parallel market, in this way, led the “green” to rise $20 in just two days, with the $8 it climbed yesterday. It should be noted that the North American currency then began to fluctuate and after 1:00 p.m. it fell back to $414, while the expectation was maintained to know what value it would close at.
Meanwhile, so far this year, with the peak reached this noon, the blue accumulated $74, after closing 2022 at $346.
The Central Bank made purchases for one million dollars today and ended “in the green” for the sixth consecutive round, in a positive balance that occurs after the launch of a new edition of the Export Increase Program (PIE), with a Temporary differential exchange rate of $300 per dollar for the soybean complex and regional economies.
On Monday the monetary authority acquired some US$73 million in the exchange market.
“The soybean dollar today contributed close to US$36 million,” explained Gustavo Quintana, an analyst at PR Corredores de Cambio.
Regarding the foreign exchange market, the retail dollar closed today at $223.73 average, with an increase of 34 cents compared to yesterday.
For its part, the so-called “blue” or informal dollar closed with an increase of 10 pesos, to $418 per unit.
Meanwhile, in the stock segment, the cash dollar with settlement (CCL) advances 3.9%, to $424.47; while the MEP gains 4%, to $411.23, in the final leg of the wheel.
In the wholesale market, the US currency ended with an increase of 56 cents compared to the previous close, at an average of $216.94.
Thus, the dollar with the 30% surcharge -contemplated in the COUNTRY tax-, marked an average of $290.85 per unit, and with the advance on account of the Income Tax of 35% on the purchase of foreign currency, to $369 ,fifteen.
Meanwhile, the dollar destined for tourism abroad -and which has a rate of 45%- was located at $391.53, while for purchases over 300 dollars -and which has an additional tax of 25%-, located at $447.46.
The volume traded in the cash segment was US$180 million, in the futures sector of the Mercado Abierto Electrónico (MAE) operations were registered for US$51 million and in the Rofex futures market US$946 million.
