Overview

• Banco Nación’s retail dollar closed at $1,360, up $15 on the day, with the wholesale rate near $1,342 and the blue at about $1,345.
• Financial dollars hovered in the mid‑$1,300s, with MEP and CCL trading close to the official rate and maintaining very narrow gaps.
• The Central Bank barred banks from increasing their daily spot foreign‑currency position on the last business day of the month to restrain demand.
• International reserves stood around US$40.961 billion after a US$292 million decline previously attributed in part to a Buenos Aires Province bond payment.
• The Treasury’s latest auction achieved a 114.66% rollover of maturities, but market volatility persisted with country risk near 837 basis points.