At 3:16 pm (Brasília time), this Tuesday (26th), the commercial dollar was down 2.48% and traded at R$ 5.3430. While the Ptax fell 2.22%, to R$ 5.3865.
Currency makes profits after a holiday in the city of São Paulo the day before, which paralyzed trading at B3, and gains in recent days. In addition to renewed hopes for the production of just over 8 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, CoronaVac, at the Butatan Institute since the arrival of supplies from China on February 3. The market also remains in the expectation of economic stimulus in the United States and the Federal Reserve's (FED) first monetary policy decision tomorrow (27). Although the country remains classified as the epicenter of the coronavirus with more than 25 million cases and 432 thousand deaths.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.