Bloomberg Línea — O dollar (USDBRL) advances this Monday morning (1st), with investors digesting inflation data in the United States released last Friday, when local markets were closed.
The American currency was quoted at R$5.04, up 0.49% at 9:50 am (Brasília time).
In the previous session, the dollar closed trading at R$5.01, up 0.59%. The maximum value reached R$5.02, and the minimum was R$4.98.
The real accumulates a drop of 3.37% against the dollar in 2024. The maximum value was recorded on April 1, when the dollar 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 15 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 2.42%. 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 0.41%;
- The Peruvian sol (PEN) depreciates by 0.45%;
- The Mexican peso (MXN) appreciates by 2.42%;
- The Chilean peso (CLP) depreciates by 11.25%;
- The Argentine peso (ARS) depreciates by 6.09%;
The Ibovespa rose 0.33% at the close of last Thursday (28), at 127,690.62 points.
The best performing index stocks in the last session were:
- Marfrig (MRFG3) rose 12.80%;
- Grupo Casas Bahia (BHIA3) rose 7.96%;
- Lojas Renner (LREN3) rose 3.92%;
And the worst performers were:
- Locaweb (LWSA3) fell 2.83%;
- Braskem SA (BRKM5) fell 3.72%;
- CVC (CVCB3) fell 4.29%;
— Content created with the help of automated data from Bloomberg.
