Argentina dollar rates today: Official, blue and other exchange rates on Tuesday, Sept. 8

Argentina’s official dollar traded at 1,480 pesos for buying and 1,530 pesos for selling on Tuesday, Sept. 8, according to the published rates. The blue dollar, traded on the informal market, stood at 1,525 pesos for buying and 1,545 pesos for selling, creating a 3% gap with the official rate.

The tourist, or solidarity, dollar was quoted at 1,989 pesos. That rate applies to foreign-currency purchases for savings and transactions abroad, and reflects a 30% surcharge on the day’s official dollar rate.

The wholesale dollar began the day at 1,578.60 pesos for buying and 1,581.57 pesos for selling. The reference price for the contado con liqui, a legal transaction used to move dollars abroad, was 1,582 pesos.

Argentina has at least six different dollar rates. They include the official retail rate, subject to the 200-dollar limit under currency controls; the blue dollar, sold through informal channels; the wholesale rate used for foreign trade and dollar-linked payments; and the tourist rate used for card purchases and savings.

The list also includes the contado con liqui, through which companies buy Argentine securities or shares in pesos and sell them abroad for dollars, and separate rates affecting exporters of manufactured goods, services, meat, dairy products, wheat, corn, sunflower and soy.