At 6:15 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (08), the Ibovespa on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) registered an increase of 0.59% and was quoted at 118,313 points. The penultimate session of the week was positively marked by the federal government's collection of R$ 32 million in the sale of the West-East Integration Railway (Fiol 1) to Bahia Mineração S / A (Bamin). Yesterday (07), the privatization auction of 22 airports yielded R$ 3.302 billion. The strong appreciation of more than 8% in the shares of Embraer and Magazine Luiza also had repercussions, despite internal fiscal uncertainties with the recent worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. Outside, the President of the Federal Reserve (FED) has signaled that the authority does not intend to reduce economic stimuli in the United States. Despite the information that the number of people who filed for US unemployment benefits jumped 16,000 in the week ended April 3, to 744,000, feels a forecast of 694,000 requests.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.