At the close, at 5:32 pm (Brasília time) this Thursday (08), the commercial dollar recorded losses of 1.22% and was traded at R$ 5.5720. The Ptax fell 0.08%, to R$ 5.5817. The technical movements of realization of profits and collection of the federal government of R$ 32 million in the sale of the West-East Integration Railway (Fiol 1) to Bahia Mineração S / A (Bamin) had repercussions. Yesterday (07), the privatization auction of 22 airports yielded R$ 3.302 billion. Despite this, the market remains uncertain about Brazil's fiscal health amid the recent worsening of the coronavirus pandemic in the country and in the world and vaccination considered slow, especially in India and European countries. The United States Department of Labor also reported today that the number of Americans who filed for unemployment benefits rose 16,000 in the week ended April 3, to 744,000 requests, compared to an expectation of 694,000.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.