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The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Surges by 1.01% as Argentine ADRs in New York Experience Fluctuations.

The Buenos Aires stock market rose 1.01% today, driven mainly by the papers of the energy and banking sector, and has already accumulated four consecutive sessions with rises; while the shares of Argentine companies (ADRs) listed in New York closed with ups and downs.

In the local market, the profits of the companies that are part of the leading panel were led by Edenor (7.04%); Securities Financial Group (4.05%); YPF (3.19%); Black Hill (2.73%); and Transportadora de Gas del Sur (1.89%).

In turn, the decreases corresponded to the shares of Transportadora de Gas del Norte (-4.15%); Transener (-2.71%); Central Puerto (-0.71%); Galicia Financial Group (-0.47%); and Ternium (-0.36%).

On Wall Street, the shares of Argentine firms closed the day with mixed results: The rises were led by Edenor (5.9%); Free Market (3.4%); YPF (1.8%); Globant (1.8%); and Ternium (1.3%); and the falls were recorded by Grupo Financiero Galicia (-1.9%); Banco Supervielle (-1.7%); Irsa (-1%); BBVA Argentina (-0.9%); and Central Puerto (-0.9%).

In the fixed income segment, bonds in dollars ended with increases of 75 cents on average throughout the curve, while bonds in pesos adjusted for CER closed with ups and downs.

Within this framework, the country risk fell 2.6% to 2,304 basis points.

In the foreign exchange market, the official dollar closed today with an average price of $215.80, up 30 cents compared to yesterday.

For its part, the so-called “blue” or informal dollar closed unchanged at $393 per unit.

Meanwhile, in the stock segment, the cash dollar with settlement (CCL) advanced 1.7%, to $402.79; while the MEP increased 1.3%, to $391.82.

In the wholesale market, the US currency ended with an increase of 29 cents compared to the previous close, at an average of $208.59.

Thus, the dollar with the 30% surcharge -contemplated in the COUNTRY tax-, marked an average of $280.54 per unit, and with the advance on account of the Income Tax of 35% on the purchase of foreign currency, to $356 .07.

Meanwhile, the dollar destined for tourism abroad -and which has a rate of 45%- was located at $377.65, while for purchases over 300 dollars -and which has an additional tax of 25%-, settled at $431.60. (Telam)

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