At 2:00 pm (Brasília time) on Monday (08), the Dow Jones Industrial Avreage registered gains of 0.48% and was traded at 31,297 points.
Investors start the week in anticipation of approval of the $ 1.9 trillion package by the United States Congress to stimulate the economy of the country that still faces the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday (07) that if the plan is approved soon, the country will return to full employment next year. The US Congress on Friday approved a budget plan that would allow a COVID-19 relief bill to be passed in the coming weeks without Republican support. In addition, there is the monitoring of vaccination of the disease that continues to advance in the United States and worldwide, which also contributes to the fall in the level of contagion.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.