At the close, at 6:00 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (16), the Dow Jones Industrial Average registered an increase of 0.20%, traded at 31,520 points. The session was marked by market expectations aimed at the recovery of the global economy amid the vaccination of the coronavirus and advances in the studies of its variants. In addition, attention is being paid to the possible approval of the $ 1.9 trillion economic stimulus package that is still being discussed by the United States Congress. The indicator also tracks position adjustments after the U.S. stock markets stopped the day before due to the Presidents' Day holiday.
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