The Central Bank sold $262 million for the week and the blue dollar closed at $379

The Central Bank closed the day this Friday with a turnover of 49 million dollars, which ended the week with a negative balance of $262 million. Between Wednesday and Friday, the loss was $147 million.

In equities, the Cash Settled Dollar (CCL) fell 0.1% to $362.98 and the MEP was up 0.7% to $357.36, late in the day.

Meanwhile, in the informal market, on a day with ups and downs, the blue dollar finally closed at its level $379 on sale and $375 for the purchase, $1 above Thursday’s close. Therefore, it has accumulated a $7 drop over the week.

In turn, the retail dollar closed at an average of $195.40, up 26 cents from Thursday’s previous high, thus marking a weekly gain of $2.34, equal to an increase of 1, 21%.

For its part, in the wholesale market, the currency rose 45 cents from the last close and closed at $188.02. Over the week, it showed an accumulated increase of $2.41 (1.29%).

With these results, the parallel dollar gap has thus reached 95% against the retail dollar and 103% against the wholesale dollar.

Regarding the impact of the operations on the Central Bank’s reserves (BCRA), the exchange operator Gustavo Quintana recalled on Twitter that “in the first days of February the BCRA has accumulated sales of US$147 and that, in the week just ended, totaled US$262 million in net sales.

Central Bank reserves closed on Thursday with a $56 million sale. Considering the first two days of February, the sale is estimated to have been $98 million.

Among yesterday’s final quotes, the dollar with the 30% increase – foreseen by the Country tax – averaged $254.02 per unit; and with the IRPEF deposit of 35% on the purchase of foreign currency, the average value was $322.41.

The dollar intended for tourism abroad – and which has a tax rate of 45% – was positioned at $341.25, while for purchases over $300 – which has an additional tax of 25% – it was positioned at $390.80.

Volume traded in the cash segment was US$335 million, US$50 million was recorded in the Mercado Abierto Electrónico (MAE) futures sector and US$389 million in the Rofex futures market.

Finally, the data relating to the country risk of Argentina according to the indicator developed by JP Morgan, achieved 1,841 points, 11 digits above the previous day’s record.