The following companies are having
unusual price changes in Argentine trading. Stock symbols are in
parentheses, and share prices are as of 4:05 p.m. in Buenos
Aires. The Merval (MERVAL) index advanced 0.8 percent to 2,218.21, ending
a six-day losing streak.

Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) rose 0.7 percent to
2.89 pesos after earlier advancing as much as 2.4 percent.
Argentina’s largest consumer lender rose in line with global
markets on speculation that European policy makers will take
steps to revive the economy.

Tenaris SA (TS) advanced 2.1 percent to 97 pesos, ending
a five-day losing streak. The world’s largest producer of
seamless steel tubes used in the oil industry advanced in line
with crude.

YPF SA (YPFD) gained 1.3 percent to 76.5 pesos and
earlier jumped 5.8 percent, the most in two weeks. Argentina’s
largest oil producer will invest $7 billion in 2013 as it plans
to double exploration in five years and boost refining, Chief
Executive Officer Miguel Galuccio said at a press conference in
Buenos Aires yesterday.

To contact the reporter on this story:
Eduardo Thomson in Santiago at
ethomson1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
David Papadopoulos at
papadopoulos@bloomberg.net

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