At 2:00 pm (Brasília time) on Friday (22), the Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded losses of 0.30% and was trading at 31,083 points. The indicator continues the previous day's losses, also accompanying the 9.87% devaluation in IBM shares and 8.61% in Intel Corp. In addition to the significant drop in WTI oil in New York due to the unexpected growth of more than 4 million barrels in US stocks in the last week, according to a report by the Information and Energy Administration (EIA). There is also concern about the return of social containment measures and lockdowns to fight the coronavirus in the world, mainly in European countries and in China, contrary to the expectations with the global vaccination.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.