Argentina Wants MSCI to Upgrade Local Shares to Emerging Status

  • BYMA wants to extend ADR’s status to common stocks in May
  • Political uncertainty, macroeconomic scenario create doubts
A statue stands over the Plaza de Mayo, marking the scene of the May 25, 1810 revolution, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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Despite last year’s currency crisis and economic contraction, Argentina still expects its stock market will return to the foreign investors’ radar in 2019.

Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA, or BYMA, the operator of the largest stock exchange in the country, has started a new plan to convince the index provider MSCI Inc. to include local stocks in the "emerging" category from its current "frontier" level.