And Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ: GGAL) is leading the banks higher with a 14.6% gain. What happened Shares of Argentine stocks shot off like fireworks -- in unison -- Monday, as results rolled out in primary voting for the country's upcoming midterm congressional elections. "Despite recent signs of an economic recovery and falling coronavirus cases," explained the news agency, "a lengthy recession, rampant inflation and a poverty rate that has risen to 42% have hurt public support for the government."