Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real
Brazil's Ibovespa rose 0.46% to 187,197 as oil strength lifted Petrobras. The real closed at 5.2176 per dollar. Read the...
October 2, 2026Section
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Corn Sinks, Wheat Holds as USDA Stocks Rattle Grains
Corn hit a five-week low after Wednesday's USDA stocks report; on Thursday, October 1, 2026 soybeans eased and wheat firmed....
October 2, 2026
Latin America Steel: CSN Jumps 5.66% as China Tariffs Bite
Brazilian steelmakers rallied while the SLX ETF slipped. CSN ADRs gained 5.66% and Gerdau rose 1.91% on tariff protection and...
October 2, 2026
Zinc Slips as Nexa Falls 3.2%; LatAm Producers Drop
Zinc proxies fell on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Nexa Resources dropped 3.20% to US$11.80 while Buenaventura eased 0.28% amid soft...
October 2, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Rises, Miners Mixed on China
Vale's New York shares rose 0.30% as China's factory activity returned to growth, while Rio Tinto slipped and CSN Mineração...
October 2, 2026
Lithium Stocks Slip as SQM Leads Decline on October 1
Lithium proxies eased Thursday as SQM fell 1.16% and Albemarle 0.71%. Chile, Argentina and Bolivia face a holiday-thinned session with...
October 2, 2026
Copper Falls in Base-Metals Selloff; Chile Risks Linger
Copper slipped on Thursday, October 1, 2026, as base metals fell in thin holiday trade, despite strike votes at Chile's...
October 2, 2026
Gold Falls to Seven-Week Low as Yields Bite
Gold and silver fell on Friday, October 2, 2026, as higher Treasury yields and a firmer dollar outweighed safe-haven demand....
October 2, 2026
Bitcoin Holds US$84,853; Latin America Stablecoins
Bitcoin settled at US$84,853 on Thursday, just below US$85,000, as spot ETFs saw outflows. In Latin America, stablecoins dominate crypto...
October 2, 2026
Oil Wrap: Crude Funds Jump, Latam Producers Split
Crude funds jumped on Thursday, October 1, 2026, but Latin American producers split: Petrobras rose 0.53% while Ecopetrol and YPF...
October 2, 2026
Ruto Accuses Sifuna Over Dangote Lamu Refinery Deal
Ruto called Senator Edwin Sifuna an extortionist on 1 October and tied Uhuru Kenyatta to the US$16 billion Dangote Lamu...
October 2, 2026
Discovery Lifts 2027 Medical Aid Fees 8.2% on Average
Discovery's 8.2% and Momentum's 7.9% medical aid rises for 2027 far exceed the regulator's 3.8% anchor. What it means for...
October 2, 2026
Latin America Sports Daily for Friday, October 2, 2026
Copa Sudamericana semi-finals are confirmed for October 13-21 with Boca Juniors vs Vasco da Gama and Atlético Mineiro vs Montevideo...
October 2, 2026
São Paulo Daily Brief
São Paulo Friday Oct 2: free MASP, open parks and tonight's sport. Your expat Daily Brief with weather, transport rodízio...
October 2, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief
Rio Today: get Friday's real weather call, the best open museums in Centro, where to watch the round and the...
October 2, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Friday, October 2, 2026
Brazil's Globo cancels its presidential debate after judicial orders. Mexico reels from a school threat. A psychogram of a tense...
October 2, 2026
Global Economy Briefing
Global Markets Briefing: US jobs data, gold at US$4,182 and a softer dollar set the mood before Brazil's presidential election.
October 2, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open
LatAm pre-open: a firmer dollar and higher oil set the tone for Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Colombia before the...
October 2, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Friday, October 2, 2026
Brazil pre-market: industrial production, IPC-Fipe and US payrolls drive the Selic wager and B3 open. Key levels and stocks to...
October 2, 2026
Chile’s Peso Falls to Its Weakest in Over a Year: What Expats Need to Know
Chile's dólar observado hit 983.84 on Friday 2 October 2026, the weakest peso in over a year. What the slide...
October 2, 2026