Overview
- Argentina’s informal blue dollar climbed to roughly 1,540 pesos, with Buenos Aires quotes around 1,535 and higher levels reported in Córdoba at 1,546 and Tucumán at 1,540.
- Bank screens showed the official retail dollar near 1,475 pesos and the wholesale rate around 1,452–1,456, while financial rates stayed contained with MEP near 1,486 and CCL around 1,527–1,531.
- Parallel-market premiums extended to other currencies, with euro blue near 1,827/1,859 pesos versus an official sale close to 1,755 and real blue around 281/292 versus an official 258/273.
- The dollar tarjeta for card spending abroad hovered near 1,917.50 pesos, reflecting the official retail price plus a 30% income-tax prepayment.
- Mexico’s peso traded around 17.89–17.93 per dollar with Banxico’s FIX at 17.9042, as low year-end liquidity and focus on upcoming Fed minutes kept moves moderate.