US dollar up at 8.81 pesos; ‘blue’ drops to 12.86 pesos

The US dollar closed half a cent up today, rising to 8.81 pesos in banks and foreign exchange offices.

The Central Bank was forced to sell 35 million dollars in foreign reserves in order to stem a sharper climb in the currency’s value.

On the parallel market, the blue informal dollar dropped 10 cents to close at 12.86 pesos, after climbing 8 cents yesterday to end at 12.96 pesos. The gap between the two rates closed to 46 percent.
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