Key Facts
Argentina broke away from the region. The Argentine universe printed 94.1% up-breadth and an average move of +3.34%, the widest one-sided read of any equity bloc in the sweep. The financial complex was the engine — BBVA Argentina +8.84%, Banco Macro +8.63%, Grupo Supervielle +7.32% and Grupo Galicia +4.74%, a four-name cluster averaging +7.38%.
Mexico was the only equity universe in the red. The IPC fell 0.75% to 68,373 and just three of the 24 Mexican equities in the sweep closed higher. Gentera −3.73%, Grupo Bimbo −3.32% and Orbia −2.99% led a broad, low-conviction drift lower with no single catalyst.
Brazil produced no direction at all. The Ibovespa added 0.17% to 177,650 and the Brazilian universe split 48% up, 51% down — a statistical coin-flip. Itaú +1.13%, B3 +1.37% and Ambev +1.11% carried the bid; Hapvida −7.01%, Minerva −5.40% and MRV −3.26% were idiosyncratic single-name drags rather than a sector.
The energy-break call did not extend. The prior session framed a second crude crack isolating Petrobras; Thursday delivered the opposite. PETR4 closed +0.78%, PETR3 +1.25% and the PBR ADR +1.01%, and the energy universe averaged +0.54% with 15 of 22 names green even as the WTI proxy slipped 1.20%.
