The blue remained stable and stocks fell

The blue dollar closed stable at its historical high of 224 pesos at the selling end and financial exchange rates rose, according to the main quotes of the exchange market. At the same time, the S&P Merval index fell 2.90 percent, without taking into account the slight improvement registered on Wall Street, while the shares of Argentine companies listed in New York closed with falls of up to 7 percent.

The parallel exchange rate stopped its upward trend and the exchange gap with the official wholesale exchange rate remained at 80.5 percent. In the week blue accumulated an increase of 6 pesos, the largest advance in almost two months.

The dollar without taxes increased 10 cents to 129.11 pesos for sale and in the Banco Nación the bill advanced 25 cents to 128.75 pesos for sale and the savings or solidary, which includes taxes advanced 16 cents to 213.03 pesos on average.

The wholesale dollar rose 25 cents to 124.10 pesos, accelerating its upward trend, which in the week increased by 1.18 pesos against 1.13 pesos in the previous week.

Among the financial exchange rates, the cash with settlement rebounded 2.65 pesos to 237.98 pesos, bringing the gap with the wholesale exchange rate to 91.8 percent. The MEP or stock exchange dollar rose 4.17 pesos to 232.11 pesos, leaving the spread with the official exchange rate at 87 percent.

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