Here, the dollar is also in focus, as the currency is expected to move in light of fluctuating risk perception in the United States. More than that, investors are trying to unravel the trajectory of the currency, which closed stable the day before, despite the intervention of the Central Bank, which sold all 20 thousand exchange rate swap contracts that it made available to the market.
Returning to the international scene, Asia is a cause for concern, after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit Taiwan. With the disaster, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s largest chipmaker, evacuated some factory areas, raising the alarm for the technology signal. Meanwhile, oil continues to rise, reflecting fears about a possible escalation in the Middle East conflict.
O Petroleum has increases close to 1%, but the Petrobras operates in the negative: Petrobras ON (PETR3), -0.73% at R$39.92 and Petrobras PN (PETR4), -0.49% at R$38.43.
Already the iron ore closed down 2.54% this morning in Dalian, China. With this, the OK (VALE3) has a strong drop of 1.76% to R$60.85.
The biggest rise in Ibovespa is PetroReconcavo (RECV3), +4.70% to R$22.06. 3R Petroleum (RRRP3), +1.41% at R$33.81 and CPFL (CPFLE3), +1.17% at R$35.40, appear next.
On the negative side, Grupo Soma (SOMA3), -5.38% at R$7.04 and Arezzo (ARZZ3), -5% at R$59.49 lead the losses, and Cogna (COGN3), -4.26 % at R$2.24, completes the list of worst performers.
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