At 3:12 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (15), the commercial dollar was down 0.95% and traded at R$ 5.6160. The Ptax fell 1.23%, to R$ 5.6234. The currency continued losses in the past few days and the market's appetite for international risk with the information that US unemployment claims totaled 576,000 in the week ending April 10, down from 769,000 in the previous week. In addition to the country's retail sales, which grew 9.8% in March, compared to a 2.7% drop in February, according to data released earlier today by the country's Department of Commerce. In the domestic scenario, the market follows the services sector, which grew 3.7% in February, in comparison with January, surpassing the pre-pandemic level for the first time. Despite political and fiscal uncertainties in the face of the recent worsening of the pandemic in Brazil.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.