At 2:00 pm (Brasília time), this Friday (08), the Ibovespa on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) registered an expressive increase of 1.15% and was quoted at 123,793 points. Earlier it reached the historical record of 124,144 thousand points. The market continues to record gains and renew its historic maxims with hopes of new fiscal stimulus to the United States under President-elect Joe Biden, who will take office on January 20. There are also expectations with the distribution of vaccines for the control of the coronavirus, despite the fact that the United States recorded more than 4,000 deaths in the last 24 hours, reaching a new record for the third consecutive day. Internally, the Butantan Institute and Chinese biopharmaceuticals, Sinovac Biotech, filed an application for emergency use of CoronaVac. Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) had to announce its decision to approve or not the vaccine in ten days. Brazilian industrial production grew 1.2% in November compared to October last year, the seventh consecutive increase in the sector, according to data released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). However, the industry accumulated an annual fall of 5.5% in 2020. The jumps of 7.20% in MRV's shares, 10.22% in Notre Dame Intermédica and 6.87% in Cemig also had repercussions.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.