The Russian invasion gave a boost to the dollar, which returned to $ 43 in the wholesale

The dollar climbed 1.79% and stood at $43,025 in the interbank average, according to data from the Electronic Stock Exchange (Bevsa). Meanwhile, the last operation of the day was agreed at $43.1, with a rise of 2.13% compared to Wednesday.

Thus, the currency recovered what was lost in the week and returned to the $43 range that it had abandoned in last Monday’s session.

This Thursday, a total of US$33.5 million was traded and there was no intervention by the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) in the spot market.

For its part, on the BROU board, the currency to the public also rose and was offered at $41.90 for purchase, and $44.30 for sale, 90 hundredths more than yesterday’s close.

At a global level, the Dollar Index that measures the value of the US dollar in relation to a basket of foreign currencies rose 0.96% to 97.118 units.

In Brazil the dollar rose 1.9% to 5.10 reais per unit. In Chile After falling to its lowest level in five months, the dollar rose 30 pesos to 820 Chilean pesos, the biggest daily jump since the 2008 financial crisis.

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On Wall Street, its main Dow Jones index fell 0.69% near the closethe expanded S&P 500 index gained 0.66% and the Nasdaq, of technology stocks, rose 2.5%.

European stock markets opened with sharp falls, which reached 5% in Frankfurt, but were relatively moderated later. The Frankfurt DAX fell 3.96% and the London FTSE fell 3.82%, while the CAC 40 on the Paris floor fell 3.83%. The FTSE MIB of Milan fell 4.10% and the IBEX 35 of Madrid 2.86%.

The Russian ruble reached its historical low against the dollar (up 9%), before the intervention of the Central Bank of Russia.

The negative trend was also installed in Asia. Hong Kong lost 3.21%, Tokyo closed with a drop of 1.81% and Shanghai, down 1.70%.

(With information from AFP)