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Holdouts are unlikely to support a stay without a guarantee from Argentina that shows its willing to negotiate a payment,

Argentine Bonds Rise on Speculation Court May Grant Ruling Delay


Argentine bonds rose for the first time this week on speculation holders of the country’s defaulted debt demanding compensation in U.S. courts will support a delay of a ruling blocking payments on restructured notes.
Argentina’s dollar bonds due 2033 rose 0.90 cent to 88.09 cents on the dollar at 11:13 a.m. in Buenos Aires, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The yield fell 0.13 percentage point to 9.84 percent. The so-called discount bonds are down 4.3 cents on the dollar this week, the biggest five-day drop since January. A June 30 coupon payment of $539 million for the notes was blocked by U.S. courts and is being held at a Bank of New York Mellon Corp. account at the Argentine central bank.
Bonds of South America’s second-biggest economy reversed earlier losses after online news site Infobae, citing unidentified court officials, reported Argentina and holdout creditors led by Elliott Management Corp. may ask U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Griesa to grant a 24-hour stay on the ruling to allow the payment to go through and provide more time for negotiations. Argentine government officials have asked for a stay in the ruling to advance in a negotiated solution with holdouts and protect it from a bond contract clause that prevents it from making better voluntary offers to creditors before Dec. 31.
“Investors see it as positive because it means we’re getting closer to a solution,” Jorge Piedrahita, the chief executive officer of Torino Capital LLC, said in reference to the Infobae report.
Argentina’s Economy Ministry spokeswoman Jesica Rey declined to comment. Elliott spokesman Stephen Spruiell didn’t respond to an e-mail from Bloomberg seeking comment.

‘Last Moment’

Aurelius Capital Management LP, which won the court ruling along with Elliott, said in an e-mailed statement on July 14 that Argentine officials have refused to meet or even negotiate indirectly and that the country is “wholly undeserving of another stay now.”
Ambito Financiero, a Buenos Aires-based newspaper, reported today that delegates sent by Argentina met at least twice with Elliott officials, asking them to support a stay. Ambito didn’t say how it obtained the information.
The extra yield investors demand to hold Argentine debt over U.S. Treasuries narrowed 0.33 percentage point, the most in emerging markets, to 6.36 percentage points, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s EMBIG Diversified index.
Holdouts are unlikely to support a stay without a guarantee from Argentina that shows its willing to negotiate a payment, according to Siobhan Morden, the head of Latin America strategy at Jefferies Group LLC.
“The holdouts will only support a stay of execution on the conditionality that Argentina intends to pay, but you cannot rule out that either side blinks at the last moment,” Morden said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Camila Russo in Buenos Aires at crusso15@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Walsh at bwalsh8@bloomberg.netDaniel Cancel

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