At the close, at 17h13 (Brasília time) this Tuesday (26th), the commercial dollar registered losses of 2.83% and was traded at R$ 5.3240. While the Ptax fell 2.22%, to R$ 5.3865. Although it registers a monthly increase of 2.62%. The session closes in the negative with profit taking after earnings in the last days and a holiday in São Paulo the day before, despite the rise in Brazilian inflation estimates of 2021 and a drop in consumer confidence. President Jair Bolsonaro also announced today that the government will maintain its commitment to the spending ceiling and that temporary measures to combat the pandemic will not be permanent. The market also remains optimistic about the delivery of inputs for the production of the CoronaVac coronavirus vaccine at the Butatan Institute as of February 3. In addition to the economic stimulus that President Joe Biden plans to inject soon in the United States and the first Federal Reserve (FED) monetary policy meeting that will have a decision released tomorrow (27).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.