At the close, at 5:32 pm (Brasília time) on Tuesday (13), the commercial dollar registered a fall of 0.16% and was traded at R$ 5.7120. The Ptax rose 0.18%, to R$ 5.7064. The market assimilates the information that Brazilian retail sales registered a growth of 0.60% in February after two months in decline and a recent worsening of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. In addition, advances in coronavirus vaccination in the United States and Europe raise expectations about the recovery of the world economy in the near future. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) also started to forecast an increase of 5.95 million barrels per day (bpd) in demand for the commodity this year, 70,000 bpd higher than last month.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.