In a session of high volatility, the Ibovespa (IBOV) ended the trading session on Monday (19) with gains of 2.33% at 111,823 points.
At the same time, the dollar began to fall with the improvement of sentiment abroad.
Attention this week is focused on interest rate decisions in Brazil (Copom) and the United States (Fomc).
Substantial gains were recorded by education companies Yduqs and Cogna, up 14.10% and 9.77%, respectively.
The banking, mining, metallurgy, and oil sectors also gained on Monday at B3.
In this country, the Focus report released this morning by the Central Bank showed that the high inflation forecasts for this year and next year have been further lowered.
IPCA is expected to peak at 6.00% this year (down from an estimate of 6.40%) and 5.01% in 2023 (down from 5.17% previously).
For the Selic rate, projections remained at 13.75% in December and fell to 11.25% by the end of 2023.
Although Focus points to a hold on to the critical rate at this week’s Copom meeting, expectations are not uniform; some see a 25 basis point increase to 14% per year.
On Wall Street, equity markets closed in positive territory, with mega-caps like Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) rallying after the worst week for the market since mid-June.
Major stock indexes struggled to find consistent direction on Monday as traders braced for another U.S. interest rate hike amid fears that the Federal Reserve could overreach and increase the likelihood of an “emergency landing.”
A 75 basis point rate hike is expected on Wednesday (21).