EMERGING MARKETS-Most Latam FX firm, Argentine peso stable after cabinet picks
December 09, 2019 at 14:46 PM EST
Latin American currencies firmed on Monday, with Brazil's real touching a month's high and Mexico's peso extending gains to a fifth session, as the dollar held steady in the face of poor export data highlighting the need for a U.S.-China trade deal. In Argentina, the battered peso was stable, while bond prices rose and country risk spreads tightened, showing the market took President-elect Alberto Fernandez's cabinet picks - featuri