At 2:00 pm (Brasília time) on Friday (29), the Dow Jones Industrial Average registered a 1.35% drop and was trading at 30,191 points. The indicator continues to be pressured by the technical movement of realizing profits and fears aimed at the growth of the global spread of the coronavirus, its mutations and vaccination still considered slow. Mexico has become the third country with the most deaths from the disease, surpassing India and second only to the United States and Brazil. Johnson & Johnson's shares also retreated 3.88% after its virus immunizer showed less than expected effectiveness for severe and moderate cases, of 66%. For milder infections, the data was not released. In addition, investors are uncertain about the approval of the trillion-dollar package that the president, Joe Biden, wants to inject into the American economy, as there is a possibility that the proposal could be divided into two parts.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.