Currencies from Peru, Chile and Colombia slipped between 0.3 and 0.4 percent, while the Argentine peso firmed due to an intervention by the central bank, which sold $413 million in the spot currency market.
moreBUENOS AIRES, March 2 (Reuters) - Argentina's state-owned oil company YPF SA posted a full-year 2017 profit of 12.7 billion pesos ($627.16 million), the company said on Friday, compared with a loss of 28.4 billion pesos in 2016.
moreBUENOS AIRES, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Argentina's peso currency posted its sharpest single-day gain since August on Friday, after a loosening of government inflation targets the prior day sent it tumbling to historic lows against the U.S.
moreBUENOS AIRES, June 14 (Reuters) - Argentina on Wednesday placed $4.723 billion in peso-denominated bonds due in 2020 paying interest linked to the central bank's policy rate, the finance ministry said in a statement.
more| 07 Mar 2016 14:26 | Financial Times |
The Argentine peso continues to add to its status as this year's worst performing major emerging market currency. Despite the country's central bankers efforts last week to prop it up, the peso has resumed its slide on Monday, falling 1.3 per cent to ...
more| 05 Jan 2016 10:57 | The Globe and Mail |
Argentina's peso weakened more than 5 per cent against the dollar on Tuesday due to weak dollar inflows from exports, currency traders said.
more| 18 Dec 2015 09:11 | Financial Times |
It's day two of the Argentine peso's new life as a free-floating currency and it's holding its ground surprisingly well.
moreBUENOS AIRES Dec 18 Argentina's peso opened 3.74 percent weaker on Friday at 13.90 per U.S. dollar, market sources said, the day after the government prompted a 26.55 percent devaluation by lifting foreign exchange controls.
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