The January to July business merger and acquisition market in Mexico reported a total of 173 operations, which is similar to the same period of last year, with a capital of $ 12.98 million.

Specialized Transactional Track Record (TTRecord) said in its July monthly report that 22 transactions were recorded in Mexico last month, down 1.38 percent from the same month in 2016.

The capital mobilized in these operations was two billion 137 million dollars, 23.02 percent less than in July last year.

The market in Latin America grew from January to July 46.76 percent in the capital mobilized and 4.84 percent in operations registered over the previous year.

In the first seven months, a total of 1,191 transactions were registered, of which 477 have a non-confidential amount totaling about 80 thousand 802 million dollars.

In July, a total of 153 transactions were recorded, of which 58 recorded a total amount of seven thousand 186 million dollars.

Brazil leads the ranking in the region with 589 operations from January to July, six percent more, and a capital of 49 thousand 165 million dollars, 90 percent more than the same period last year.

So far this year, Argentina has reported 143 operations, 21 percent more, with a capital mobilized of four thousand 645 million dollars.

Chile recorded 136 operations, up 13 percent from the same period last year, and a 48 percent decline in the mobilized capital of $ 5,476 million.

Colombia reported 97 operations, up nine percent, and mobilized capital of US $ 13.4 billion, up 158 percent from January to July 2016.

Meanwhile, Peru reported 72 operations, which is 23 percent less than the same period last year, and in capital also fell 24 percent with the mobilization of 1,737 million dollars.

 

Source: Notimex - Mexico