At 3:16 pm (Brasília time), on Monday (01), the commercial dollar was down 0.11% and traded at R$ 5.4430. While the Ptax fell 0.28%, to R$ 5.4608. The session follows the increase in the market for risk appetite awaiting the presidential elections of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate in Brazil, in addition to the vaccination of the coronavirus in the world. The Central Bank (BC) also today holds a traditional swap auction to roll up to 16 thousand contracts due in June and October 2021. In addition, the entity's Focus bulletin pointed to a new estimate for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country in 2021, which went from an increase of 3.49% last week to 3.50%.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.