Contained by high rates and stocks, the dollar rose 15 cents

In a day without interventions by the Central Bank, the US dollar in the retail segment maintained a certain calm sustained by high interest rates and exchange restrictions and closed the wheel today at $ 58.21 for sale and $ 53.87 for the purchase, according to the average drawn up by the monetary authority.

At National Bank The coin closed the wheel at $ 57 for the selling tip and $ 54 for the buyer, a peso more than at the opening. For its part, in the fintech world, Invest Online presented the cheapest market price at $ 56.5 for sale, escorted by Balanz Capital and Bull Market Brokers at $ 57 for sale. For its part, the blue dollar traded at $ 59 and fell $ 1 compared to yesterday.

After the implementation of the stocks this week, the market expects some calm in the dollar segment counted. "The market is being armed again with the restrictions that the Government implemented. This measure mainly affects companies that move volume and now they don't have the possibility to treasure in dollars. In addition, the regulations forced exporters to liquidate in five days, "said the financial analyst. Christian Buteler to BAE Business.

In that line, he continued: "Having removed companies from the field, the Central Bank has more tools to control the currency"But he warned that what could alter the current scenario" is a complication in the political part. "

With respect to wholesale exchange rate, this Thursday closed at $ 56.01 for the selling tip and $ 55.81 for the buyer. In this way, and it seems that prices are looking for a balance around that value. "Since Monday of this week the wholesale dollar lost three pesos fifty cents compared to last Friday's close, with the full validity of the exchange restrictions, "he said Gustavo Quintana of PR Changes.

On the other hand, market concern is in the outflow of dollar deposits by savers. Although in the last two days the dynamics of the withdrawals loosened, from the STEP the savers removed US $ 6,846 million from the financial system.

What happened to the Leliq rate?

With peaks of up to 86% in the first auction of the day, the average monetary policy rate he remained stable compared to yesterday's close and culminated the wheel at 85,801%. The total amount awarded was $ 198,911 million.