At the close, at 17:30 (Brasília time) this Thursday (15), the commercial dollar registered a fall of 0.81% and was traded at R$ 5.6240. The Ptax fell 1.23% to R$ 5.6234. The market remains more appetite for international risk after recent signs of control of the coronavirus and recovery of the economy, mainly in the United States. Claims for unemployment benefits totaled 576,000 in the US in the week ending April 10, well below the 769,000 in the previous week. The country's retail sales grew 9.8% in March, compared to a drop of 2.7% in February. In Brazil, the service sector grew 3.7% in February, compared to January, surpassing the pre-pandemic level for the first time.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.