At 12:29 pm (Brasília time), this Friday (30th), the Ibovespa on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) recorded losses of 0.63% and was quoted at 119,372 points. The indicator continued the bearish movement of the previous day, following the news that unemployment in Brazil reached 14.4% in the quarter ended in February, recording the historical record of 14.4 million unemployed people, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In addition, the market is attentive to the installation of the Coronavirus Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) and its possible political and fiscal consequences. Next week, the former ministers of health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Nelson Teich, Eduardo Pazuello and the current leader of the ministry, Marcelo Queiroga, will give statements. Yesterday (29), Brazil surpassed the mark of 400 thousand killed by the virus in just over a year since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. Outside, China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) decelerated to 51.1 points in April, from 51.9 points in March, according to the country's Statistics Agency. Contrary to expectations of global economic recovery amid signs of continued coronavirus, despite massive vaccination.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.