The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange closes with a drop of 1.06%.

Buenos Aires, March 15, the S&P Merval index of shares of leading companies listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange fell 1.06% on Tuesday, closing at 84,054.72 points. The S&P BYMA general index closed at 3,533,598.66 units per day and decreased by 1.01%. The turnover traded in stocks totaled 95.28 million pesos (about 8.7 million dollars), while in the general panel, the balance recorded 23 increases, 31 decreases and 17 unchanged shares. Among the leaders, the most advanced stocks were those of Labo Latorios Richmond (1.78%), Telecom (1.71%) and the Argentine stock market (1.61%). For that part, the roles that fell the most were those of Cresud (-3.19%), Ternium (-2.62%) and YPF (-2.57%). Meanwhile, the average of Argentine public securities reached an average of 0.5% in the dollar contribution, and Argentina's national risk index rose 1.16% to 1,828 basis points. In the foreign exchange market, the price of the dollar rose 25 cents in the state-owned Banco Nación, closing at 108.5 pesos for purchases and 114.5 pesos for sale to the public, raising 12 cents in the wholesale market and closing at 109.32 pesos per unit for sale. Meanwhile, in the informal market, the price of the US currency remained stable and ended at 200 pesos per unit. Meanwhile, the so-called “financial dollar” ended the day with an upward trend. The “liquidation calculation” (CCL, which consists of buying stocks or bonds locally in Argentine pesos and selling them in dollars on Wall Street) rose 0.38% to 189.1 pesos per unit. The “stock market dollar” or “MEP dollar” (achieved by purchasing assets traded in pesos and dollars, paid in pesos when buying and selling in dollars in the Argentine stock market) rose 1.26%, increasing to 187.94 pesos per unit.highest Jacob/La