At 3:20 pm (Brasília time), this Tuesday (2nd), the commercial dollar was down 1.58% and traded at R$ 5.3620. While the Ptax fell 1.34%, to R$ 5.3875. The currency assimilates the greatest feeling of appetite for economic risk after the victory of candidates supported by the federal government of Brazil for the command of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the international scenario, market optimism accompanies the information that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6% effective, being 100% effective for moderate and severe cases. In addition, the official European statistics agency (Eurostat) reported today that the eurozone economy fell less than expected in the fourth quarter of 2020, 0.7%. Discussions of the trillion dollar US economic stimulus package between President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers the day before are also on the radar.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.