At the close, at 5:15 pm (Brasília time) on Friday (19), the commercial dollar recorded losses of 1.56% and was traded at R$ 5.4810. The Ptax fell 0.71% to R$ 5.5082. At the day's low, the currency reached R$ 5.4490.
The currency reflected the news that Brazil will receive on Sunday more than one million doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus of the Covax Facility consortium. The country is facing a new increase in cases and deaths in all states, causing the collapse of the public health system. In addition, the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of the Central Bank (BC) to increase the Selic rate to 2.75% per year to contain inflation amid the coronavirus also put pressure on the dollar. In the international scenario, the use of the AstraZeneca / Oxford immunizer was once again released in France, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Italy after suspension for analysis of reactions in vaccinated patients. Despite the rise in US Treasury bills and fears about the possible increase in inflation in the country to offset the new trillion-dollar aid package.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.