The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (BCBA; es, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires) is the organization responsible for the operation of

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's primary stock exchange located at

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. Founded in 1854, it is the successor to the ''Banco Mercantil'', which was created in 1822 by

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. Citing BCBA's self-definition: "It is a self-regulated

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civil association. At its Council sit representatives of all different sectors of Argentina's economy." The most important index of the stock market is the

MERVAL The S&P MERVAL Index (''MERcado de VALores'', ) is the most important index of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. It is a price-weighted index, calculated as the market value of a portfolio of stocks selected based on their market share, number of ...

(from ''MERcado de VALores'', "stock market"), which includes the most important papers. Other indexes are ''Burcap'', ''Bolsa General'' and ''M.AR.'', and currency indicators ''Indol'' and ''Wholesale Indol''. The Stock Exchange's current,

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headquarters was designed by Norwegian-Argentine architect

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in 1913, and completed in 1916. A modernist annex was designed by local architect

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was an Ar ...

in 1972, and inaugurated in 1977.

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MERVAL official page

Burcap
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Stock exchanges in South America

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