At 6:24 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (19th), the Ibovespa on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) fell 0.15% and was quoted at 120,933 points. Earlier, it renewed maximums by reaching 121,974 thousand points. The indicator went to the negative side during the session, influenced by the technical movements of profit realization after appreciation in the last days. In addition to the political and economic uncertainties with the recent worsening of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil and vaccination against the disease still considered slow. Budgetary discussions and installation of the COVID-19 Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) are also on the radar. Despite this, the Central Bank's Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br), a preview of the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP), registered a jump of 1.70% in February, compared to an increase of 1.25% in January. In the international scenario, India again registered a daily record of cases and deaths due to coronavirus. Attention also to a Tesla car that collided with a tree on Saturday north of Houston, United States, killing two passengers.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.