Rio de Janeiro Daily Brief — Thursday, August 20, 2026
Rio de Janeiro Thursday 20 August: 26C and dry, Botafogo v Cienciano at 9.30pm, free museums in Centro, and a...
August 20, 2026Section
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LatAm Pre-Open — Thursday, August 20, 2026
Gold's 4% jump and a softer dollar set the tone for Latin American markets on Thursday. Brazil, Mexico and Chile...
August 20, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 20, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP index slipped 0.30% while the peso strengthened 0.86% against the dollar. What drove the session and where the...
August 20, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 20, 2026
Argentina's Merval stock index fell while the peso slipped against the dollar as investors took profits. See the key stocks...
August 20, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 20, 2026
Chile stocks rose on August 19, with the S&P IPSA gaining 0.49% and the peso firming against the dollar, as...
August 20, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 20, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC stock index rose 0.41% and the peso strengthened past 17 per dollar as mining names led. Full...
August 20, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 20, 2026
Brazil's Ibovespa broke its 11-day losing streak, closing up 0.90% at 167,830 points. The real gained and USD/BRL fell to...
August 20, 2026
Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for Thursday, August 20, 2026
Ibovespa: Copom bets and a Thursday CMN meeting set the tone for B3. Into the open, watch the Selic wager,...
August 20, 2026
Global Economy Briefing — August 20, 2026
Global economy: Global bonds steadied after the U.S. Treasury doubled long-bond buybacks, easing yields and weighing on the dollar, while...
August 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Thursday, August 20, 2026
Latin America Pulse: Brazil frets over high rates, Mexico fights over a revoked US visa, and Colombia declares an economic...
August 20, 2026
Gerdau Drops 4.5% as Steel Tariffs Fail to Lift Brazil
Gerdau's ADR slid 4.50% and CSN fell 2.22% on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, even as Ternium rose 0.58%. Cheap Chinese...
August 20, 2026
Zinc Gains as Smelter Tightness Meets Firm Demand
Zinc edged higher on Wednesday, with Nexa Resources jumping over 5% as investors bet that constrained smelting and construction demand...
August 20, 2026
Iron Ore Rises: Vale, China Steel Demand Drive Session
Iron ore proxies climbed on Wednesday as China's import resilience offset weaker steel output. Vale, CSN Mineração and Rio Tinto...
August 20, 2026
Lithium Wrap: SQM, Albemarle Rise 1% on Soft China
Lithium miners climbed Wednesday though Chinese spot carbonate fell 1.21%, showing equities pricing a bottom. SQM, Albemarle gain; LIT ETF...
August 20, 2026
Copper Rebounds as Tight Supply Offsets China Worries
Copper futures steadied on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, as falling inventories and energy-transition demand cushioned the China-driven pullback. Here is
August 20, 2026
Gold Jumps 4% to US$4,512 as US Yields Tumble
Gold and silver surged on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, as a weaker dollar and falling real yields sparked safe-haven buying,...
August 20, 2026
Bitcoin Surges 7%: Trump, Stablecoins and LatAm
Bitcoin jumped 7.09% to US$69,266 and Ethereum soared 17.48% as Trump urged Senate passage of the CLARITY Act. A short...
August 20, 2026
Colombia Economic Emergency Declared After Deadly Earthquake
Colombia economic emergency is now law: De la Espriella signed Decree 1261, giving 30 days of emergency powers in 15...
August 20, 2026
Kenya’s KCB Opens a Five-Year Green Bond Programme in October
The KCB sustainability bond programme is worth up to KSh300 billion over five years, with a first tranche of up...
August 20, 2026
Nigeria Shuts an Insurer That Could Not Raise Enough Capital
NAICOM revoked the Universal Insurance licence after the company missed Nigeria's new minimum capital requirement. A liquidator was appointed the...
August 20, 2026