São Paulo Daily Brief — Wednesday, August 12, 2026
MASP is free this evening in São Paulo, plus cooler weather and a quiet midweek arts crawl. Your Wednesday, 12...
August 12, 2026Section
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Colombia Prepares an Economic Emergency as Earthquake Deaths Climb
Colombia prepares to declare an economic emergency following a deadly earthquake. The death toll climbs past 224 confirmed, with up...
August 12, 2026
Gold Holds Above $4,370, Silver Slides as Hormuz Risk Meets Inflation Jitters
Gold settled down 0.70% at US$4,371/oz on Tuesday while silver lost 1.59% to US$64.78/oz as a Strait of Hormuz oil...
August 12, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 12, 2026
Global economy: Wall Street indices pulled back from record levels on Tuesday as investors awaited US inflation data.
August 12, 2026
Africa’s Corporate Giants Buy Their Way to Scale as M&A Overtakes Organic Growth
African deal value rose 36 percent in the first nine months of 2024 as companies from South Africa, Kenya and...
August 12, 2026
IEBC Opens International Tenders for Kiems Kits and Ballot Papers
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has opened international tenders for Kiems kits and ballot papers, with bid deadlines in...
August 12, 2026
Burkina Faso Overhauls Postal Law to Add Digital Services and Competition
Burkina Faso adopted Law No. 010-2026/ALP on 15 April 2026, overhauling postal regulation to integrate digital services, end reserved services...
August 12, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Latin American markets: Brazil's Ibovespa extends its losing streak to six, Argentina's Merval dives hard, and Colombia defies the tide...
August 12, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 12, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP index surged 2.14% and the peso strengthened to 3,139 per dollar as global relief and local fiscal hopes...
August 12, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 12, 2026
The Merval slid 3.19% and the peso firmed 0.49% to 1,491 per dollar as the Milei reform trade cooled and...
August 12, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 12, 2026
Chile's S&P IPSA fell 1.25% on August 11 as copper-price jitters and a mixed retail outlook dragged down Falabella and...
August 12, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 12, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC fell 0.84% as traders trimmed risk ahead of US inflation data, while the peso strengthened to 17.10...
August 12, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 12, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa sank 2.5% and the real lost 1% on August 11, 2026, as election uncertainty and a hawkish central...
August 12, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa futures point to a cautious open as traders watch services-sector data and recalibrate Copom wagers.
August 12, 2026
Oil & Latin America: WTI Climbs as Hormuz Closes Tighter
WTI crude tracked higher Tuesday as Iran kept the Strait of Hormuz shut, US inventories posted a surprise jump, and...
August 12, 2026
Brazil Steel Plunges on China Glut, Tariff Fears
Gerdau tumbled 5.44% and CSN lost 3.71% as a weak Ibovespa session and Chinese import pressure crushed Latin American steel...
August 12, 2026
Zinc Slips as Nexa Drops 2.76%; Buenaventura Steady Amid Hormuz Fears
Nexa Resources fell 2.76% while Buenaventura edged up 0.64% as industrial metals faced headwinds from spiralling Iran tensions and oil...
August 12, 2026
Iron Ore Slips as Vale ADR Drops 3.83% in Broad Brazil Sell-off
Vale's US proxy fell 3.83% on Tuesday amid a heavy sell-off on Brazil's Ibovespa, which shed 2.50%. Rio Tinto also...
August 12, 2026
Lithium Slide: LIT, Albemarle, SQM Fall Tuesday
Lithium proxies fell on Tuesday, August 11, 2026: the LIT ETF lost 0.84%, Albemarle dropped 1.41%, and SQM eased 0.85%....
August 12, 2026
Copper Edges up as CPER Hits US$40.22; Miners Dip—Aug 11
Copper tracker CPER settled at US$40.22, up 0.10% on Tuesday, while major producers Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan fell sharply. Demand...
August 12, 2026