The average interbank dollar closed Friday at $40,865, with an increase of 0.59% compared to the previous close and liquefied the decline of 0.52% that occurred on Thursday. On the day there were operations for a total of US$ 12 million, according to data from the Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa).
Thus, at the weekly close, the wholesale dollar remained practically unchanged, with a minimum drop of 0.2%. So far in September, the currency has registered a monthly drop of 0.23%. In addition, it accumulates a decrease of 8.5% so far this year. That drop translates to trading $3.83 lower than it was on the last business day of 2021.
For its part, on the public board of Banco República (BROU), the US currency closed the day at $39.65 for purchase and $42.15 for sale.
In the region
In Brazil -reference market-, the dollar traded at 5.252 reais with a daily increase of 2.7%. While in Chile the dollar reached 970 pesos in a meteoric session on Friday and closed the week at its highest level since mid-July. This was stimulated by the signs of a global economic outlook that the projections of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) and the reports of economic activity in the Eurozone contributed to weaken significantly.
In its fight against inflation, the Fed on Wednesday announced another sharp 0.75% hike in interest rates and warned that it now expects GDP growth in that country to be close to zero in 2022.
in that scenario the dollar index -which compares the dollar with a basket of six other major currencies- rose 1.51% to 113.03 points in new highs since 2002, mainly due to a sharp depreciation of both the euro and the pound sterling.
Blue dollar advance
In Argentina, the blue dollar had an advance of A$ 2 and was located at A$ 283 for the purchase and A$ 287 for the sale. On the official side, the retail exchange rate rose to A$151.25 on the screens of Banco Nación and to A$152.24 on the average of financial entities. The wholesaler, meanwhile, showed a rise of 28 cents compared to the previous closing to settle at A$ 154.44. In this way, the blue dollar widened the gap to more than 97% with respect to the wholesale official exchange rate and 88% in relation to the retail average.
(With information from El Cronista and Diario Financiero)
