Key Facts

Merval closes at 3,106,216 points, up 1.86% on the session as investors kept buying assets tied to deregulation and fiscal discipline.

The peso eased 0.13% to 1,511 per dollar, a whisker from the 52-week high of 1,514 and near the upper end of its recent range.

YPF led the market’s most-traded names, gaining 2.8% on $10 million of turnover as energy continued to attract flows.

Grupo Galicia added 1.6%, extending the strength in banks that remains the heart of the reform trade.