Dollar closes higher against real for the second day in a row
The commercial dollar closed higher for the second day in a row on Thursday, Jan. 19. In the trading session of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), the U.S. currency closed at R$ 5.17 – up 0.16%.
Even so, the dollar’s final quotation was below the day’s maximum: R$ 5.25. At the same time, the Ibovespa ended the trading session high, quoted at almost 113,000 points – an increase of 0.6%.
The Ibovespa’s rise occurs in the middle of a week with favorable news.
Among them the expansion of the Chinese economy and high oil prices. In today’s trading session, Petrobras’s common and preferred shares gained about 3%.
The common shares of 3R Petroleum (RRRP3) rose by around 2% and those of PetroRio, by nearly 4%.
In addition, on Thursday, Americanas’ petition for judicial reorganization was approved. The judge Paulo Assed Estefan, from the 4th Business Court in Rio, gave the retailer 48 hours to present the complete list of creditors and the details of the debt.
The company declared a liability of R$ 43 billion, with a total of almost 16,000 creditors. Until the third quarter of 2022, the date of the most recent financial statement, the company reported having a gross debt of close to R$ 20 billion.
Known in the market, Americanas is one of the largest retail chains in Latin America. Its controllers are Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira, the trio that runs Ambev.
Also today, Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Institutional Relations, declared that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not try to intervene in the Central Bank.
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBOV | 175,380.00 | +0.46% | +21.85% | 174,576.80 | 168,310 | 167,142 | — |
| USD/BRL | 5.16 | +0.01% | -5.13% | 5.16 | 5.18 | 5.14 | — |
| SELIC | 14.00% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| PETR4 | 41.64 | -0.05% | +35.19% | 41.66 | 41.97 | 41.15 | 41,499,400 |
| VALE3 | 72.97 | +0.83% | +30.75% | 72.37 | 73.54 | 72.66 | 17,658,000 |
| ITUB4 | 38.60 | -1.03% | +4.57% | 39.00 | 39.34 | 38.39 | 29,487,800 |
| BBDC4 | 16.85 | +0.36% | +3.50% | 16.79 | 16.90 | 16.67 | 19,416,900 |
| BBAS3 | 19.37 | +0.47% | +0.73% | 19.28 | 19.44 | 19.16 | 11,069,200 |
| B3SA3 | 14.26 | -0.21% | +12.73% | 14.29 | 14.47 | 14.11 | 33,037,800 |
| ABEV3 | 14.89 | -0.80% | +21.91% | 15.01 | 15.07 | 14.81 | 16,453,100 |
| WEGE3 | 47.59 | +0.49% | +29.99% | 47.36 | 48.08 | 47.36 | 3,364,600 |
| PRIO3 | 59.14 | -0.19% | +50.67% | 59.25 | 59.81 | 58.74 | 3,325,600 |
| SUZB3 | 41.33 | +2.35% | -23.55% | 40.38 | 41.48 | 40.35 | 3,914,900 |
| RENT3 | 34.68 | -0.09% | +0.84% | 34.71 | 34.96 | 34.35 | 7,979,100 |
| AZZA3 | 15.89 | -2.63% | -53.76% | 16.32 | 16.42 | 15.82 | 1,330,300 |
| CSNA3 | 4.30 | +0.47% | -42.65% | 4.28 | 4.41 | 4.26 | 10,076,100 |
| GGBR4 | 24.69 | +2.19% | +51.38% | 24.16 | 24.85 | 24.18 | 7,047,600 |
| ENEV3 | 24.21 | -1.38% | +70.49% | 24.55 | 24.64 | 23.99 | 9,297,000 |
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