Around 5:10 pm, the index that measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six currencies fell 0.20%, to 104.220.
Credit: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
São Paulo – After reaching R$5.00 again, the dollar in cash closed Monday falling against the real, with market participants taking advantage of higher prices to sell currency, amid expectations for the release of data and economic documents for the remainder of the week, both in Brazil and abroad.
The dollar in cash closed the day at R$4.9741 on sale, down 0.49%. In March, the US currency accumulated an increase of 0.05%. At its highest price of the day, at 10:01 am, the dollar reached R$5.0076 (+0.18%) and, at its lowest, at 2:47 pm, it reached R$4.9373 (-0.43%).
Around 5:10 pm, the first-month dollar futures contract on B3 fell 0.58%, to R$4.975 on sale.
At the beginning of the day, the spot dollar rose in Brazil, approaching R$ 5.00, which triggered a selling movement on the part of exporters and investors with long positions in the North American currency, which caused the dollar migrated into negative territory.
“We had two moments in the session. First, the dollar reached R$5.00, amid expectations for the heavy agenda (of indicators) this week”, commented the director of Correparti Corretora, Jefferson Rugik. “When the dollar reached 5 reais, there was a dismantling of long positions, with investors making profits. Then the dollar started to follow abroad.”
The dollar’s retreat against the real throughout the afternoon was in line with abroad, where the US currency recorded losses against other currencies early on.
Around 5:10 pm, the dollar index — which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six currencies — fell 0.20%, to 104.220. In Brazil, attention continues to be focused on the release of data for the remainder of the week.
On Tuesday, the minutes of the last meeting of the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) and the March IPCA-15 will be released, as well as US consumer confidence figures. On Wednesday, figures come out from the central government and the Register of Employed and Unemployed Persons (Caged) in Brazil. On Thursday the highlights are the BC Inflation Report and the US GDP in the fourth quarter.
This Monday morning, the BC sold all 16,000 traditional currency swap contracts offered to roll over June maturities.
