After attending the inauguration of donald trumpthe president Javier Milei He travels to the World Economic Forum today. “The support of the US and the progress in the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were the main results of his visit to Washington DC,” they noted from Max Capital.
Among the news that impacts the markets, It should be noted that December registered a trade surplus of US$1,666 million, which implies 13 consecutive months of positive balance.
Exports increased 33.4% year-on-year to US$7,035 million, while imports grew 26.2% in 12 months, to US$5,369 million. The year 2024 closed with an accumulated trade surplus of US$18,899 million.
Trump took office, what did his first speech leave us?
On his first day in office, Donald Trump launched a series of executive orders on various fronts, including immigration, climate change and diversity. It also temporarily lifted the ban on TikTok, annulled regulations on artificial intelligence, ordered the withdrawal of the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization.
On the economic level, Trump stated that he plans to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada starting February 1st. On the other hand, the Republican promised to boost American energy development and revoked measures that effectively blocked drilling in most of the country’s coastal waters.
S&P Merval and ADRs
“Just like on January 9, when the markets in the United States did not operate, yesterday, the Martin Luther King Day holiday, the Merval closed higher. In the first case, it managed to reach the highest level in its history ( US$2,387), while yesterday it stopped the sharp fall of recent days by rising 1% and reaching US$2,139.”stood out from PPI the performance of the Argentine stock market on Monday without foreign reference.
He S&P Merval It started the day higher but now remains almost flat at 2,534,810.29 basis points. In this framework, the leading stocks that rise the most are Transener (+2.3%), and Southern Gas Carrier (+2.2%), and among them those that fell the most: Supervielle Bank (-2.2%), and Mirgor (-1.9%).
Country risk and dollar bonds
Country risk, the index that measures the JP Morgan It is located at 641 units. In this framework, dollar bonds operate mixed. The one that rises the most is the Bonar 2041 (+1.3%).
Source: Ambito

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