At 3:17 pm (Brasília time), this Wednesday (24th), the commercial dollar was down 0.24% and traded at R$ 5.4300. While the Ptax decreased 0.57%, to R$ 5.4182. The session follows the bearish bias of the eve and auction of the Central Bank (BC) of up to 16 thousand traditional swap contracts for rollover maturing in June and October 2021. In addition, the market continues with an appetite for risk eye in the discussions of second round of emergency assistance to deal with the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil and possible measures to adjust public accounts. Brazil's Consumer Confidence Index (ICC) also rose 2.2 points in February, to 78 points, after four consecutive months of decline, according to data from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). In the United States, the House of Representatives will begin voting on the $ 1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to the United States on Friday, the 26th.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.