At the close, at 5:34 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (20), the commercial dollar registered a 0.11% increase and was traded at R$ 5.5540. The Ptax fell 0.87% to R$ 5.5266. The currency turned to the positive side, influenced by the technical movements of adjustments in positions after recent valuations, assimilating the information that the National Congress of Brazil approved yesterday (19) the bill that authorizes the government to open extraordinary credit to defray measures to tackle the pandemic. This change in the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO) to release the opening of credits is seen as necessary by the economic team for the resumption of credit programs for micro and small companies (Pronampe), despite the lack of significant information on where the money will come from. to cover these expenses. Despite this, the Central Bank (BC) today held a traditional swap auction to roll up to 15,000 contracts maturing in November 2021 and April 2022. On the international stage, the Judicial Committee of the United States House of Representatives approved today a bill that may involve members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in American antitrust legislation. The market is also attentive to the new worsening of the coronavirus pandemic in India, Brazil and European countries and vaccination against the disease still considered slow in the world.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.