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Blue dollar rate today: How much it trades for on Monday, September 7

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • Argentina’s blue dollar traded at 1,520 pesos for buying and 1,540 pesos for selling on Monday, September 7, 2026.
  • The blue dollar had risen 1% from the previous month and 13% from 2025, while its gap with the official rate stood at 3%.
  • The official dollar traded at 1,480 pesos for buying and 1,530 pesos for selling, according to Banco Nación.

Argentina’s blue dollar was quoted at 1,520 pesos for buying and 1,540 pesos for selling on Monday, September 7, 2026.

The parallel-market rate had risen 1% compared with the previous month. So far in 2026, it was up 13% from 2025. The gap between the blue dollar and the official exchange rate stood at 3%.

The blue dollar circulates on the black market and generally trades above the official rate. It is not bought through banks or official exchange houses. Trading closes at the same time as the official dollar market, at 3 p.m. from Monday to Friday.

Banco Nación listed the official dollar at 1,480 pesos for buying and 1,530 pesos for selling. The stock-market dollar traded at 1,516.90 pesos for buying and 1,525.30 pesos for selling, while the CCL dollar stood at 1,582 pesos for buying and 1,583.20 pesos for selling.

One explanation for the name “blue dollar” links “blue” to something dark in English. Other theories connect it to transactions involving blue-chip shares or to the color that appears when a marker is applied to detect counterfeit banknotes.

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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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