the dollar rose this Tuesday after a timid rebound registered on Monday, and with it it returned to be placed in the range of $ 40 in the wholesale market. american currency won 0.29% on this day and remained at $40,014 in the wholesale average, according to data from the Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa). The The last operation of the day was agreed at $40.06 with a rise of 0.43%.
This Tuesday there were operations for a total of US$ 26.7 million and there was no intervention from the Central Bank (BCU).
For its part, on the board of Banco República (BROU), the dollar was offered at $38.85 for purchase and $41.25 for sale.
At the regional level, in Brazil, the dollar was trading down 0.25% at 5.15 reais per unit. And in Chile the dollar fell to 900 Chilean pesos.
This in a global environment where the currency was depreciating while investors were attentively watching the mid-term elections in the United States, where the entire House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and 36 of the 50 state governors will be renewed.
Globally, the dollar index which measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of foreign currencies fell 0.34% to 109.62 units.