On the first day of the “soybean dollar 3”, the Central Bank sold US$ 99 million of the reserves

On the first day of the “soybean dollar 3″, the Central Bank once once more parted with reserves and made sales for US$ 99 million.

With today’s sales, during April the monetary authority already added sales for US$517 million and has accumulated US$3,495 million in net sales for the year

In this context, with today’s, the Central Bank added 23 consecutive days of reserve sales.

Today, the national government launched a new edition of the Export Increase Program (PIE) through a DNU, with a temporary differential exchange rate of $300 per dollar for the soybean complex and regional economies, which might generate a liquidation foreign currency estimated at around US$9 billion.

Sources from the agro-export sector pointed out to the Télam agency that until the fine print of the initiative is known, “there will be no grain sales.”

dollar price

The retail dollar closed today at an average of $220.73, with an increase of $1.96 cents compared to last Wednesday -the last business day before the two days without banking activity due to the long Easter holiday-,

Regarding the foreign exchange market, the so-called “blue” or informal dollar closed with a drop of one peso, at $391 per unit.

Meanwhile, in the stock segment, the cash dollar with settlement (CCL) falls 0.7%, to $402.23; while the MEP falls 2.2%, to $390.89, in the final leg of the wheel.

In the wholesale market, the US currency ended with an increase of $2.17 cents compared to the previous close, at an average of $213.39.

Thus, the dollar with the 30% surcharge -contemplated in the COUNTRY tax-, marked an average of $286.95 per unit, and with the 35% advance on account of the Income Tax on the purchase of foreign currency, $364.20.

Meanwhile, the dollar destined for tourism abroad -and which has a rate of 45%- stood at $386.28, while for purchases over 300 dollars -and which has an additional tax of 25%-, it settled at $441.46.

The volume traded in the spot segment was US$289 million, in the futures sector of the Mercado Abierto Electrónico (MAE) operations were registered for US$2 million and in the Rofex futures market US$605 million.

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