Argentine Dollar Bonds Fall After Debt Auction

In Buenos Aires, dollar bonds slightly fell after a successful debt auction placing over $150 million. The country's risk premium rose to 552 points, while the stock market remained stable.

Buenos Aires, February 26 (NA) — Dollar-denominated bonds fell slightly this Thursday following a key debt auction for the Treasury, while S&P Merval shares remained largely unchanged. The market is seeking to rebalance its liquidity levels after the successful placement of over $150 million through a new hard-currency bond, featuring a rate reduction and peso release, as reported by the Argentine News Agency (NA). In this context, the country risk premium rose to 552 basis points, and the S&P Merval index trades almost flat at 281,591.430 points. The biggest declines on the panel were for Telecom (-1.9%), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (-1.3%), and Transener (-1.2%). Regarding ADRs in New York, they are mixed, with the biggest drop for Telecom (-1.3%) and the biggest gain for Banco Macro (+2.2%).

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