Blue dollar today: up three pesos and close at $ 185

On average for the week, the blue dollar overheated and climbed for the second wheel in a row: it went up $ 2.50 and was sold in the $ 185. This way, it is still the most expensive currency in the forex market.

Currently, the gap between the free ticket and the official ticket is around 79%, far from the 150% ceiling observed in mid-October. The volume traded on the cash segment amounted to US $ 329,100 million, in MAE futures contracts US $ 73 million and in Rofex US $ 613 million. The Central Bank alternated buying and selling on the market, ending the day with another favorable balance

In turn, the financial dollar turned green again. The MEP or “Bolsa” gained 0.6% to $ 172.46. Meanwhile, Cash With Liqui (CCL) climbed 0.8% to $ 172.96.

Finally, the official dollar was unchanged and sold for $ 103.25. The same thing happened with the solidarity dollar, which stood at $ 170.36.

Financial markets

S&P Merval rose 0.3% to 79,235 units. The panel of the Buenos Aires Cresud Stock Exchange (2.5%), Grupo Financiero Valores (2.3%) and YPF (1.7%) led the panel. In contrast, Edenor (-2.5%), Cablevisión Holding (-1.6%) and Telecom (-1.3%) are down.

As for the papers listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ADR), they operated in the green thumb of Cresud with 4.1%. BBVA (3.3%), Tenaris (3.1%) and Irsa (2%) also increased. Conversely, Transportadora Gas del Sur (-2.4%), Edenor (-1.9%) and Telecom (-1.5%) fell.

Respect to countries at risk, the indicator created by JP Morgan to measure the yield spread between US Treasuries and those of the rest of the world, rose 1.7% to 1,522 points.