Tag: JP Morgan index

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  No end to uncertainty: Argentine bonds plunge and the country risk soared to 2.276 points

  

  Argentine bond prices fell on Thursday and the country risk soared to levels not seen since 2005 after the government announced plans to extend maturities on an estimated US$ 100bn in debt, raising fear of a full-blown financial crisis.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  Oil market turbulence ahead of US sanctions on Iran; OPEC meeting does not plan to increase output

  

  Brent crude breached US$ 81 a barrel on Monday — its highest level in nearly four years — on the back of a tightening oil market and OPEC leaders signaling they won't be immediately boosting output. Global benchmark Brent crude rose as high as US$ 81.39 a barrel, its strongest level since Nov. 21, 2014.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Argentine stock market booming with new highs for seventh day running

  

  The Argentine stock market is booming and on Thursday confirmed its seventh day running increase as investors are flocking encouraged by an imminent accord between the president Mauricio Macri administration and the IMF for a new loan package including reforms and a balanced budget in the next 18/24 months.