[ad_1]
The dollar commercial closed this Wednesday (19) down 0.73%, valued at R $ 3,873 on sale. That's the lowest closing value of the week: December 12, fashion was worth R $ 3,852. The Ibovespa main index of the Brazilian Stock Exchange, devalued 1.08%, to settle at 85,673.52 points, the lowest level since more than a week since the 10 December (85,914.71 points).
] Tuesday (18) the dollar rose by 0.17% and the stock market by 0.24%.
The value of the dollar published daily by the press, including UOL refers to the commercial dollar.
Banks, Vale and Eletrobras fall
They pulled the result of the Stock Exchange on the decline of the shares of the banks Itaú Unibanco (19459004), the value is always greater. And and Eletrobras (-3.49%) and Bradesco (-1.43%), (19459003) PETR3 ), with the right of voting at the meeting, also decreased (-1.63%), but the preferred shares ( PETR4 ), with priority in the dividend distribution, closed up 1.14 %.
US Interests
Investors were waiting for the decision on the new US interest rate announced shortly after the dollar closed. The Federal Reserve (Fed) raised the rate for the fourth time this year in the range of 2.25% to 2.5% per annum. But the entity has reduced from three to two the amount of increases planned for next year.
Rising US interest rates could attract resources currently applied in other economies, such as Brazil.
Performance of the Central Bank
During this session, the Central Bank sold 13,800 traditional currency exchange contracts, which equates to the future sale of dollars. In this way, he spent $ 8.99 billion out of a total of $ 10.373 billion earned in January
. If you keep this daily offer and sell it by the end of next week, you will get the full return. (with Reuters)
Source link
