Merval up, local bonds mixed

The Merval benchmark index went 1.6 percent up and stood at 2,203.52 points.

The peso-denominated Discount bond dropped 1.1 percent, the Boden 2015 gained 0.6 percent, the Boden 2012 rose 0.1 percent and the GDP coupon increased up to 3.3 percent.

In the meantime, Argentina's country-risk dropped 2 percent, hitting 825 basis points in the JP Morgan EMBI+ index.