12/23/2020 12:03 PM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 12/23/2020 1:13 PM
On the last business day of the week, the blue dollar stabilizes and advances from $ 152 to $ 158. The currency did not touch that value for almost a month, on November 25.
Alternative dollars are also advancing.
The MEP dollar, which is accessed through the Buenos Aires stock market, rises 0.9%, to
$ 141.36,
while that counted with liquid, which allows foreign currency to be withdrawn from the country, advanced 0.9%, to
$ 142 , 10.
Thus, there is a difference of $ 17 between the MEP and the blue, which
re-enables the "mash"
(the purchase of official dollars and their sale in the parallel market to obtain a financial gain), this time between these two quotes .
Both remain above the savings dollar
, which stands at $ 145.61.
The official, meanwhile, rises 11 cents, to $ 83.36 and brings
the gap with the blue to almost 90%,
a considerable drop from the 150% that it had touched on October 23, when the blue dollar arrived. to $ 195.
In this context, the Central Bank maintained its winning streak and on Tuesday, it bought dollars again in the market.
It was
US $ 95 million,
which was added to the US $ 125 million that the entity pocketed on Monday.
Seasonality, with the high demand for pesos that characterizes December, plays in favor of the Central, which in the last two weeks has already accumulated
12 wheels
with a balance in favor.
Thus, in the month it has a favorable balance close to US $ 225 million that is not enough to compensate for the US $ 6,000 million that was lost from reserves over a year marked by the pandemic and the exchange gap.
The Merval rose 1.8% this Wednesday, driven by energy stocks.
Argentine shares on Wall Street are mostly trading on the rise, led by Banco Galicia and BBVA, with a rise of more than 2%.
For its part, country risk, the JP Morgan indicator that measures the over-cost that Argentina pays for borrowing, rises 0.1%, to 1,364 basis points.
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