At the close, at 17 h 36 (Brasília time) this Thursday (25), the commercial dollar registered an increase of 0.57% and was traded at R$ 5.6700. The Ptax jumped 2.27%, to R$ 5.6585. The market continued to seek financial security in this session amid the recent growth of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Brazil and Europe, where lockdowns were resumed due to the predominance of the British variant (B117). In addition, the Central Bank (BC) started to forecast a 3.6% increase in the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021, compared to 3.8% last week. The Extended National Consumer Price Index 15 (IPCA-15) also jumped to 0.93% in March, the highest result since 2015, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.