At the close, at 5:29 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (19), the commercial dollar registered gains of 0.72% and was traded at R$ 5.3440. While the Ptax rose 0.30%, to R$ 5.2945. The currency was marked by the technical movement of adjustments in positions after losses in the last days and the search for greater financial security. In addition to the market's caution with the first monetary policy meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of the Central Bank (BC) of Brazil, which will be concluded tomorrow (20). In addition, concerns remain focused on the global economy amid the continued spread of the coronavirus and the return of stricter social containment measures against the vaccine. Germany announced today that it will prolong the lockdowns until February and the United States reached 400,000 deaths from the disease.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.