Overview

• Market estimates indicate the Treasury sold roughly $1.35–$1.4 billion across the past four sessions, leaving its dollar deposits at the central bank below $1 billion.
• Screens showed the official posture defending an intraband ceiling near 1,430 pesos, with the wholesale rate closing around 1,429.75 and the Banco Nación retail price steady at 1,455.
• Financial exchange rates climbed, with the MEP near 1,525 pesos and the CCL around 1,553, widening gaps with the wholesale rate to roughly 7–9 percent.
• The blue dollar rose to 1,460 pesos, moving above the official retail rate and marking its widest discount to the MEP in months, according to traders.
• Argentine bonds fell up to about 2% and local equities weakened, while regional risk was compounded by the U.S. government shutdown; the Mexican peso softened to roughly 18.39 per dollar.