Dollar live today: the free price rises to $381, with an exchange gap above 100%

The free dollar advances to 381 pesos

The US currency earns three pesos a day in the small businesses of the parallel market, to settle at $381 for sale. In this way, the free dollar cuts the drop in the weekly tour to five pesos, after having operated at $386 the previous Friday.

The free dollar rises for the second day.

The free dollar rises to 379 pesos

The currency negotiated in the informal market gains one peso in the day and is sold at 379 pesos. The “blue” rises for the second day, although it still remains below $387, the intraday record reached on Monday morning. During the week, the free dollar fell seven pesos or 1.8 percent.

The exchange gap reaches 101.6 percent.

The free dollar is held at $378

The “blue” price of the dollar is negotiated unchanged this Friday, at $378 for sale. The ticket offered in the informal market records a loss of eight pesos or 2.1% in the week, although in the course of 2023 it maintains a gain of 32 pesos or 9.2 percent.

With a wholesale dollar that is operated with a rise of 27 cents, to $187.97, the exchange gap remains at 101.1%, after having tested 108% at the end of January.

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The free dollar, at 378 pesos

The currency traded in the parallel market rose one peso this Thursday, to $378 for sale, to interrupt a series of three consecutive falls. The blue dollar hit an intraday record of $387 on Monday morning.

Meanwhile, the exchange gap with the wholesale dollar, traded with an increase of 31 cents to $187.60, reaches 101.5 percent.

The free dollar rises 9.2% in 2023.

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