At the close, at 17 h 12 (Brasília time), this Thursday (29), the commercial dollar advanced 1.97% and was traded at R$ 5.4430. The Ptax rose 0.70% to R$ 5.4036. The month of April accumulated a decrease of 3.46%. The last session of the week and the month of April passed on the positive side with the increase in the market demand for financial security and technical movements of adjustments in positions after recent losses. Attention should also be paid to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in India and the region, contrary to expectations of disease control with mass vaccination. China's industrial Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slowed to 51.1 points in April, from 51.9 points in March. And the Eurozone economy contracted 0.6% in the first quarter of 2021, entering a technical recession. In addition, the market fears the tax consequences with the installation of the Coronavirus Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) in the Brazilian Senate. Next week, the former ministers of health and the current leader of the ministry, Marcelo Queiroga, will give testimonies.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.