At 18 h 19 (Brasília time), this Wednesday (31), the Ibovespa on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) registered a decrease of 0.18% and was quoted at 116,633 points. In the month, it accumulates appreciation of 6% and in the week, 1.61%. The last session of the month received pressure from the information that the unemployment rate in Brazil reached 14.2% in the quarter ended in January, the highest rate ever recorded for the period since the beginning of the survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE ), in 2012. In addition, the technical movements of realization of profits after gains in the last days and devaluation of more than 4% in the shares of Yduqs Part also reflected. Attention also to the recent growth of cases, hospitalizations and deaths caused by the coronavirus in the world, mainly in Brazil and countries in Europe. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced today that the country will enter lockdown from the 3rd of April.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.