At around 6:39 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (12th), the WTI spot contract registered gains of 0.64% and was traded at US$ 59.70 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The market started the week reflecting positively the resumption of economic activities in European countries after a recent period of social isolation to contain the spread of the coronavirus. In addition, the United States vaccinated the record number of 4.6 million people in 24 hours. With that, the country reached the daily average of 3 million vaccinated in the last week, for a total of 120 million immunized Americans, which corresponds to about 60% of the adult population of the country, according to the head of the task force of the White House in combating the pandemic, Andy Slavitt.
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