At the close, at 5:32 pm (Brasília time) on Thursday (18), the commercial dollar registered gains of 0.48% and was traded at R$ 5.4430. While the Ptax rose 0.18%, to R$ 5.4238.
The penultimate session of the week was marked by market demand for financial security amid internal and external economic and health uncertainties. The United States Department of Labor also reported today that claims for unemployment benefits totaled 861,000 last week, up from 848,000 the week before. The news strengthened the Federal Reserve's (FED) speech that interest rates will remain unchanged until a significant recovery in the economy, despite the severe cold causing the vaccination of COVID-19 to stop.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.