Bloomberg Línea — O dollar (USDBRL) operates slightly higher this Thursday morning (28), as traders reduce risk positions before the Easter holiday, when markets will be closed and inflation data (PCE) will be released in the United States.
At around 9:45 am (Brasília time) the American currency was quoted at R$ 4.99, with an appreciation of 0.18%.
In the previous session, the dollar closed trading at R$4.99, up 0.07%. The maximum value reached R$4.99, and the minimum was R$4.97.
The real accumulates a drop of 2.90% 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 biggest performance this year is the Mexican peso, with a variation of 2.54%. The one with the lowest performance is the Chilean peso, which falls 11.25%.
Latin American currencies have performed as follows so far this year:
- The Colombian peso (COP) appreciates by 0.55%;
- The Peruvian sol (PEN) depreciates by 0.34%;
- The Mexican peso (MXN) appreciates by 2.53%;
- The Chilean peso (CLP) depreciates by 11.49%;
- The Argentine peso (ARS) depreciates by 6.09%;
Already the Ibovespa (IBOV) rose 0.65% at yesterday’s close (27), at 126,863.02 points.
The best performing index stocks in the previous session were:
- Lojas Renner (LREN3) rose 5.42%;
- Raízen (RAIZ4) rose 5.23%;
- Grupo Casas Bahia SA (BHIA3) rose 4.67%;
And the worst performers were:
- Vamos (VAMO3) fell 4.40%;
- Marfrig (MRFG3) fell 2.45%;
- Natura (NTCO3) fell 2.26%.
— Content created with the help of automated data from Bloomberg.
