After the April 2 and the Holy Week holidays the US dollar closed half a cent up at 8.845 pesos compared to its Wednesday closing price, when it ended half a cent higher amid thin trading following Tuesday’s general strike.
The Central Bank kept adding international reserves with the purchase last Wednesday of 140 million dollars.
The «blue» dollar which trades in the illegal market resumed its downward tendency lost six cents, falling to 12.49 pesos.The gap between the two rates tightened further, to 41.2 percent at the end of trading.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald