He Dolar blue falls for the first time in 15 days and pierces the symbolic level of $1,000, after the previous day remained unchanged, in a context of high political uncertainty and economic, less than two weeks before the general elections.
The exchange rate informal falls $40 and is trading at $970 this Thursday, October 12, and thus ends a streak of more than two weeks of strong increases, according to a survey by Ambit in the caves of the City. In this way, he reaches Monday’s levels after exceeding $ 1,050, his nominal intraday record on Tuesday.
«He market is tense and now some sellers have appeared that depressed the values, but I don’t know how long this will last,» said an operator. The Government’s controls on financial entities continued this Thursday in different parts of the Buenos Aires downtown, market sources commented.
The gap with official dollar is held in a 177.10%after staying at a pace of 200% on Tuesdayexceeding the levels reached in July 2022, after the departure of Martín Guzmán from the Ministry of Economy.
The operations in the caves
The Federal police and the Customs In the last few hours, they raided the offices of Nimbus, «the largest cave in the city of Buenos Aires,» and found evidence of illicit currency operations, sources from the Ministry of Economy reported today.
After the operations in the Buenos Aires microcenter that lasted until Wednesday night and that focused on the «caves» that operate called the blue dollar, federal judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi authorized the raids that were carried out by the Federal Police and Customs.
How much does the blue dollar rise in the year
So far in 2023, the Dolar blue accumulate one rise from $619 after closing 2022 at $346.
It should be noted that in January the informal dollar It advanced $35 (+10.1%), while in February it accumulated a fall of $6 (-1.6%). In March it registered an increase of $20 (+5.3%), in April, it rose $74 (+18.73%) and during May it rose $21 (+4.5%). In turn, in June it increased $4 (+0.8%), while in July it rose $53 (+11.3%).
In August, the Dolar blue It jumped $185 or 33.6% – the most significant monthly increase since April 2020 (+41.3%) – after the 20% devaluation of the peso post-STEP.
In the monthly accumulated of September, the informal dollar registered an increase of $65 or 8.8%, below the estimated inflation for the month, which would be above 10% again. At the same time, it lost compared to the performance offered by the 30-day fixed term in pesos (9.7%), after far surpassing it last month.
In 2022, it advanced $138 (+66.4%) after closing 2021 at $208.
How much is the dollar trading at today, Thursday, October 12
He wholesale dollar quotes in $350.10a value that the BCRA seeks to maintain until the end of October.
For his part, the dollar savings With the new government measure, it is sold at $733.96.
How much does the MEP dollar trade at today, Thursday, October 12
For his part, the MEP dollar advances $21.08 (2.47%) to $967.67. Thus, the spread with the official exchange rate is located in the 150.20%.
How much does the CCL dollar trade at today, Thursday, October 12
The CCL dollar up $22.91 (2.42%) this October 12th up to $967.67. In this way, the exchange gap is positioned at 176.40%. In the previous day, it had dropped almost $9. However, so far this week it totals $76.
Price of the tourist dollar today, Thursday, October 12
He tourist dollar or cardand savings (or solidarity) dollar -which include 30% of the COUNTRY TAX + 45% of the Perception of Profits + 25% of Gross Income– operates in $734.91.
Crypto dollar quote today, Thursday, October 12
The crypto dollar or Bitcoin dollar falls 3.94% and is trading at $970.99, according to the average among local exchanges reported by Coinmonitor.