The government announced that it was going to auction 9.6 billion dollars from the IMF and that the dollar was falling

Some of the dollars that will be sold come from the agreement with the IMF and another part of the dollar bidding calls executed for months., official sources told the agency Reuters.

In this context, the dollar fell slightly by more than 1% due to the announcement of the Treasury, motivated by expectations that auctions would increase the supply of dollars in the local market, penalized in recent days by economic data. negative and an increase in electoral uncertainty.

The greenback gave 54 cents to $ 41.76 in the banks and agencies of the city of Buenos Aires, according to the average domain.com, while in the single free market, the currency dropped 43 cents to $ 40.77.

On the other hand, the BCRA validated Thursday an average rate of Leliq 63,267%, lower than that recorded Wednesday, with the maximum rate of 64.25% and the minimum of 62%, at the first bid of liquidity letters of the day. The amount allocated is $ 96,718 million.