Argentina's Merval slipped 0.89% to 3,248,428 on June 23, a second pullback from its record as the MSCI upgrade hope kept fading; the peso held steady.

Argentina MSCI ruling kept the country in the lowest market tier, deferring close to a billion dollars of foreign buying and sending bank stocks tumbling.

Argentina's Merval eased 0.42% to 3,277,512 on June 22 as investors waited out the June 23 MSCI ruling; a steady peso marked it local caution.

Argentina's Merval slipped 0.89% to 3,248,428 on June 23, a second pullback from its record as the MSCI upgrade hope kept fading; the peso held steady.