At the close, at 5:14 pm (Brasília time) on Thursday (07), the commercial dollar registered gains of 1.79% and was traded at R$ 5.3990. While the Ptax fell 0.47%, to R$ 5.3433. The day was marked by the repercussion of the number of applications for unemployment insurance in Brazil that increased 1.9% in 2020, according to data from the Special Secretariat for Social Security and Labor of the Ministry of Economy. About 6.784 million requests for the benefit were made last year, compared to 6.655 million in 2019. In addition, there was an influence from the increased market demand for financial security amid the economic uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil and worldwide. Despite the news that the coronavirus vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, and Chinese biopharmaceutical, Sinovac Biotech, CoronaVac, reached an efficacy rate of 78% in mild cases and 100% in severe cases. The international vaccination of COVID-19 and the return of stricter social containment measures in the USA, countries in Europe and Asia also have repercussions. Assimilation also of the invasion of the US Congress and the Capitol the day before with the announcement that Joe Biden will assume the presidency of the United States on January 20.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.