Bloomberg Línea — O dollar (USDBRL) operates sideways this Wednesday morning (27), with investors waiting for employment data in Brazil. At around 9:40 am (Brasília time), the American currency was quoted at R$4.99, with a positive variation of 0.11%.
Abroad, exchanges operate without a single direction, with data from the euro zone and the United States on the radar.
In the previous session, the dollar closed trading at R$4.98, up 0.12%. The maximum value reached R$4.99, and the minimum was R$4.97.
The real accumulates a drop of 2.54% against the dollar in 2024. The maximum value was recorded on March 19, when the dollar exchange rate reached R$5.03. The minimum was R$4.85 on January 12th. The average exchange rate for the dollar in the period was R$4.95.
This year, the Brazilian currency occupies position number 11 in a basket of 23 emerging market currencies with the highest appreciation.
The currency with the best performance this year is the Mexican peso, with a variation of 1.93%. The currency with the lowest performance is the Chilean peso, which changed -10.86%.
Latin American currencies have performed as follows so far this year:
- The Colombian peso (COP) appreciates by 0.47%;
- The Peruvian sol (PEN) depreciates by 0.36%;
- The Mexican peso (MXN) appreciates by 1.93%;
- The Chilean peso (CLP) depreciates by 10.86%;
- The Argentine peso (ARS) depreciates by 5.97%;
The Ibovespa fell 0.05% at yesterday’s close (26), at 126,931.47 points.
The best performing index stocks in the previous session were:
- São Martinho (SMTO3) rose 4.13%;
- Localiza (RENT3) rose 2.72%;
- Locaweb (LWSA3) rose 2.21%;
And the worst performers were:
- Rede D’Or (RDOR3) fell 3.12%;
- Marfrig (MRFG3) fell 3.60%;
- Totvs (TOTS3) fell 5.79%;
– Content prepared with the help of automated data from Bloomberg.
