EM LATAM CREDIT: Argentina March Economic Activity Disappoints

• Stocks are holding near deep session lows in late Monday trade, Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology sectors continue to underperform with lack of clarity and communication over trade negotiations widely sited.
• Currently, the DJIA trades down 1258.06 points (-3.21%) at 37884.8, S&P E-Minis down 180.5 points (-3.4%) at 5132 (April 10 lows, still off April 7 low of 4832.00, The Nasdaq down 596.8 points (-3.7%) at 15689.37.
• Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors continued to underperform, semiconductor makers primarily weighing on the IT sector: Super Micro Computer -7.60%, Arista Networks -6.04%, NVIDIA -5.76%, Palo Alto Networks -5.47%, Oracle -5.41% and Broadcom -4.91%.
• The Consumer Staples sector weighed down by Tesla -6.91%, DoorDash -5.87%,Chipotle Mexican Grill -4.48%, Carnival -4.22%, Ross Stores -4.01% and TJX Cos -3.93%.
• A mix of Financials, interactive media and pharmaceuticals outperformed in late trade: Discover Financial Services +3.34%, Fidelity National Information +3.00%, Netflix +1.40%, Moderna +1.34% and Dollar General +1.15%.
• Equity earnings resume after the close: Hexcel Corp, Medpace Holdings Inc, W R Berkley Corp, AGNC Investment Corp and Western Alliance Bancorp reporting.

• Date $MM Issuer (Priced *, Launch #)
• 04/21 $5B *American Express $1.6B 4NC3 +98, $400M 4NC3 SOFR+126, $1.5B 6NC5 +108, $1.5B 11NC10 +128
• 04/21 $700M Excelerate Energy 5NC2
• 04/21 $2B QXO Inc. 7NC3 investor calls

RRP usage rebounds to $114.114B this after noon from $58.600B last Thursday. Usage had fallen to $54.772B last Wednesday, April 16 -- lowest level since April 2021. Usage had surged to the highest level since December 31, 2024 last Monday, March 31: $399.167B. The number of counterparties at 38.