At the close, at 17 h 36 (Brasília time) this Friday (09), the commercial dollar registered a 1.88% increase and was traded at R$ 5.6770. The Ptax rose 1.13% to R$ 5.6445. The dollar gained strength in the last session of the week with new internal political and economic tensions with the opening of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) in the Senate to ascertain the stance of the Brazilian federal government in confronting the coronavirus. Despite the collection of R$ 216.3 million with the concession of port terminals for four areas in Porto do Itaqui (MA) and one in Porto de Pelotas (RS). In addition, there was an increase in market demand for financial security with the news that official inflation in Brazil was 0.93% in March 2021, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In the accumulated for 12 months, it registered an increase of 6.10%, staying for the first time in the year above the upper limit of the inflation target of 3.75%. The lack of signs of recovery in the global economy is also on the radar, despite expectations with advances in vaccination against the coronavirus.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.