The official dollar closed today with an average price of $206.67, with a rise of 95 cents compared to Friday, in a round in which the Central Bank ended the day with a negative balance of US$42 million.
In this way, so far in March the monetary authority accumulates sales for US$ 77 million.
Regarding the foreign exchange market, the so-called “blue” or informal dollar marked a drop of two pesos, at $373 per unit.
Meanwhile, in the stock segment, the dollar counted with settlement (CCL) registered a fall of 0.2%, to $371.42; while the MEP falls 1.1%, to $362.58, in the final leg of the wheel.
In the wholesale market, the US currency ended with an increase of 30 cents compared to the previous close, at an average of $197.87.
Thus, the dollar with the 30% surcharge -contemplated in the COUNTRY tax-, marked an average of $268.67 per unit, and with the advance payment of the Income Tax of 35% on the purchase of foreign currency, to $341 .01.
Meanwhile, the dollar destined for tourism abroad -and which has a rate of 45%- was located at $361.67, while for purchases over 300 dollars -and which has an additional tax of 25%-, located at $413.34.
The volume traded in the spot segment was US$237 million, without operations in the futures sector of the Mercado Abierto Electrónico (MAE) and in the Rofex futures market US$399 million.
