Buenos Aires stock market closes with a 1.31% rise

Buenos Aires' stock market experienced a positive close on Thursday, July 3, 2026, with the leading companies' index, S&P Merval, rising by 1.26%. The index settled at 3,157,091.24 units, reflecting investor confidence in the market.

Accompanying this upward trend, the broader S&P BYMA index saw a 1.31% increase, closing at 133,025,649.85 points. Among the top performers, Metrogas shares surged by 3.25%, Transportadora Gas del Sur climbed 2.56%, and Grupo Supervielle posted a gain of 2.23%. These gains indicate a strong performance across various sectors within the Argentine stock exchange.

In other financial markets, Argentine sovereign bonds denominated in U.S. dollars traded down by an average of 1.5%. Concurrently, Argentina's country risk index decreased to 415 basis points. The U.S. dollar remained stable against the Argentine peso for public sale at the state-run Banco Nación, priced at 1,510 pesos, while the official market rate saw an increase to 1,488.50 pesos per unit. The parallel market, or 'blue' dollar, saw a slight decrease, closing at 1.5 pesos for sale. The 'contado con liquidación' (CCL) dollar, used for converting pesos to dollars via stock market transactions, rose by 1.33% to 1,596.22 pesos, whereas the 'dólar MEP' or 'dólar bolsa', which involves similar transactions within the Argentine market, slightly declined by 0.3% to 1,524.53 pesos.