At the close, at 5:25 pm (Brasília time) on Wednesday (04), the commercial dollar registered gains of 1.45% and was traded at R$ 5.4490. While the Ptax rose 0.91%, to R$ 5.3910. The market remains cautious about the lack of significant news of spending cuts on the part of the new leaders of the National Congress of Brazil, the possibility of emergency aid being maintained and the approval of the tax reform in up to eight months in the Chamber of Deputies in the Senate. In addition, there is a wait for clearer signals about the real economic situation in the United States amid the coronavirus and a wait for the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package. The continued spread of COVID-19 in the world and the collapse in the health system in some countries are also on the radar. France registered new cases of a variant of the disease initially located in Brazil.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.