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MSCI review prompts mixed reactions in Saudi and Argentina

MSCI’s latest review of its benchmark equity indices has prompted significant moves in some of the largest frontier stock markets over the past month. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul has jumped 8% since MSCI said that the country had been added to its “watch list” for inclusion in its Emerging Market Index. Meanwhile, despite widely-held expectations to the contrary, MSCI decided not to upgrade Argentina’s Merval to EM status. The stock market has subsequently fallen by 5% month-to-date.

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