The dollar traded lower this Thursday for the second consecutive day in the local exchange market, and continued to approach the $40 range in the wholesale market.
The US currency fell 0.6% on this day and remained at $40,289 in the wholesale average, according to data from the Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa). The last operation of the day was agreed at $40.22 with a drop of 0.40% compared to Wednesday.
This Thursday there were operations for a total of US$ 27 million and there was no intervention from the Central Bank (BCU).
For its part, on the board of the Bank (BROU), the dollar was offered at $39.05 for purchase and $41.45 for sale.
At regional level, in Brazil, the dollar traded down 0.5% at 5.1207 reais per unit. And in Chile, the dollar registered a slight rise and closed at 945.8 Chilean pesos.
Globally, The Dollar Index, which measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of foreign currencies, rose 1.46% to 112.8 units.
Meanwhile, the pound depreciated 1.99%, followed at a distance by the Swiss franc (-0.88%) and the euro (-0.62%), after the Bank of England anticipated a particularly soft, which implies a higher differential with respect to the federal funds rate in the US.
