???? Blue dollar today: how much is it trading this Friday, July 28

2023-07-28 11:20:08

The blue dollar operates this Friday, July 28 at $548 for purchase and $553 for sale in the City of Buenos Aires. The gap with the wholesale dollar stands at 102.48%. In the week, he accumulates a raise of $25.

Meanwhile, the official dollar (without taxes) is trading at $271 for purchases and $284 for sales on the screens of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA).

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The prices of the different alternatives to access the dollar in Argentina are the following:

Blue dollar: $553; Official dollar: $284; Solidarity dollar: $497; Card dollar: $497; Qatar dollar: $568; Wholesale dollar: $273.10; MEP dollar: $505.75; CCL dollar: $544.84; Crypto dollar: $542 ,twenty.

The price of the blue dollar in the last 30 days

During the third week of July, the blue dollar rose $6 and ended at $528, an all-time high. On Friday the 21st it reached a peak of $529.

In the second week of this month, the blue dollar rallied $30 head-to-head and touched a then-high of $525, before finally closing at $522.

During the first week of July, the blue dollar was down $2 and ended at $492.

In June, the blue dollar rose just 0.81%, from end to end. It started the sixth month of 2023 at $490 and trended downward during the first days of the month. It hit a low of $483 on June 9 and then started the bounce.

On June 14 it had its peak of the month of $496 and closed on June 30 at $494, which represented a monthly increase of $4.

The price of the blue dollar in the last 12 months

In June, the blue dollar rose $4 across the board and ended at $494.

In May, the blue dollar rose $21 from the previous month and ended at $490.

In April, the informal dollar had reached its nominal maximum on Tuesday the 25th, when it reached $497. Finally, it closed the month at $469 with an increase of $74 compared to the last day of the previous month.

In March, the blue dollar reached $397, then a nominal maximum, and ended at $395, an increase of $20 compared to the last day of the previous month.

In February, the informal dollar ended at $375. Throughout the second month of the year, its value decreased by $6 or 1.05%.

During January, the blue increased $37 or 10.12%, and closed the first month of 2023 at $381. During the last week of the month it reached the nominal maximum up to that moment, at $386.

In December 2022, the blue dollar increased $32 or 11%, closing the year at $346. In the last week of 2022 it also reached an all-time high of $359, although the nominal closing maximum was $357 on December 28.

The blue dollar closed November with a rise of $24, fluctuating between $289 and $320, its maximum in four months for the close on Friday the 25th.

In October, the blue gained $2 head-to-head, after moving between $277 in the first week and $292 in the third, when it traded with strong daily volatility. In that month, there was a lot of exchange rate volatility due to the implementation of the new import system (SIRA) and the Qatar dollar.

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From end to end of September, the blue lost $3, hand in hand with the temporary scheme to encourage the sale of soybeans by producers. During the ninth month, the blue oscillated between $274 on Friday the 9th and $288 in the last week.

In August, with the arrival of Sergio Massa at the Ministry of Economy, the informal price showed an undefined trend in the first days, although it fluctuated in a range between $282 and $298. From end to end, it added up to $8.

July 2022 began with the resignation of Martín Guzmán and his replacement by Silvina Batakis. The volatility seized the foreign exchange market and the informal bill climbed to overcome the “psychological barrier” of $300. It reached $350 on Friday, July 22, 2022. However, the price dropped $29 on Friday the 29th and closed the month at $296. Still, it was up $58 end-to-end for the month.

What is the blue dollar and why is it at record levels?

The blue dollar is the one that circulates in the informal or illegal market and usually has a higher value than the official one.

This dollar is not bought in banks or official exchange houses. It is taken as a thermometer of the local economy, especially in times of exchange rate.

It marks the nervousness or calm of the financial market and of savers who seek to safeguard at least part of their income by exchanging pesos for foreign currency.