At 2.29 pm (Brasília time), this Friday (08), the commercial dollar fell 0.15% and was traded at R$ 5.3910. While the Ptax rose 0.47%, to R$ 5.3683. The currency went to the negative side influenced by the technical movements of profit realization after gains in the last days and auction by the Central Bank (BC) of 16 thousand traditional foreign exchange swap contracts with maturity in May and September 2021. In addition, the market remains optimistic about advances in the US economic agenda with Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on January 20. New financial incentives for those affected by the pandemic must be approved. Worldwide vaccination of the virus also weighs on the exchange rate, as it increases estimates of disease control soon. In Brazil, the Butantan Institute applied to Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) for the request for emergency use of its vaccine developed with the biopharmaceutical, Sinovac Biotech. Just as the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) requested the registration of emergency use of the vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.