At 2:49 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (11), the commercial dollar advanced 1.42% and was traded at R$ 5.3900, renewing two-month highs. While the Ptax rose 2.39%, to R$ 5.4966.
The session was motivated by the technical movement of adjustments in positions after losses in the past few days and increased market demand for financial security with fears about the increase in coronavirus cases in the world that contradict vaccination expectations. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that more than 90 million people have been infected by the disease worldwide and deaths are close to 2 million. Stricter social restraint measures are increasingly being imposed in Brazil and in the world, including new lockdowns in China. Attention also to the uncertainties about Brazil's economic recovery and this year's budget still in the midst of the pandemic. In the United States, lawmakers presented Congressional President Donald Trump's impeachment article after the invasion of the House and the Capitol.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.