Argentina

2009 growth: 43.24%
Decline from 52-week high: -31.47%

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange founded in 1854, is the successor of the Banco Mercantil.

Argentina's economy has sustained a robust recovery following the severe 2001/2002 economic crisis.

Its GDP stood at $261 billion in 2007.

President Cristina Fernandez recently said Argentina's economy will grow again in 2009, refuting private forecasts for a contraction.