Overview
- On December 29, the official peso at Banco Nación opened at ARS 1,425 for buying and ARS 1,475 for selling, while the wholesale reference hovered near ARS 1,452.50.
- The informal dólar blue traded around ARS 1,510/1,530 after a short Christmas week surge of roughly ARS 45, including a ARS 25 jump on Friday to a two‑month high.
- Financial dollar gauges showed CCL around ARS 1,526–1,527 and MEP near ARS 1,486, leaving a small spread to the blue rate.
- Card purchases remained costly, with the dólar tarjeta near ARS 1,917.50 due to the 30% advance tax on foreign transactions.
- Parallel premiums extended to other currencies, with the euro near ARS 1,655/1,755 officially versus a blue around ARS 1,780/1,803 and the Brazilian real about ARS 239.64/239.87 at Banco Nación versus a higher blue near ARS 279 in Buenos Aires; regionally, Mexico’s peso stood around 17.8930 per USD, up roughly 14.3% this year.