Overview

• Banco Nación’s retail dollar closed at about $1,360 after a roughly $10 intraday drop, marking a second decline this week.
• The blue dollar finished near $1,355 and the gap with the official narrowed to around 1%, while MEP hovered near $1,358 and CCL traded around $1,365–$1,372.
• Market reports said the Central Bank steered the move via futures rather than spot sales, and recent communications indicated no intervention in the MULC in previous sessions.
• J.P. Morgan’s country risk gauge climbed to roughly 850 points, extending a two-day rise and signaling persistent investor caution.
• Authorities continued liquidity absorption, with the Treasury placing 114% of weekly peso maturities, as IMF inflows lifted gross reserves toward $43 billion.