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Brazil’s Biggest 2026 Cash Payout: Petrobras Dividends Hit Record Date at R$41.2bn

Key Points —Petrobras dividends of R$41.24 billion (about US$8.2 billion) reach B3 record date at the close of trading on April 22, with ex-dividend trading...

Ibovespa Drops 3,243 Points as Ex-Dividend Meets Post-Holiday Selling

Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Brazil Thursday, April 23, 2026 · Covering the session of Wednesday, April 22 The Big Three 1. The Ibovespa crashed 1.65% to 192,888.96 (−3,243.10 points) on Wednesday — the steepest single-day decline...

Bitcoin Holds $78K as SEC Nears Tokenized Securities Exemption

Rio Times Crypto & Perpetuals Brief Thursday, April 23, 2026 · Snapshot at 07:27 UTC The Big Three 1. Bitcoin held above $78,000 for a second consecutive day...

Brazil Morning Call for Thursday, April 23, 2026

TODAY'S FOCUS Ibovespa Catches Up: −1.65% on Reopen — S&P Hits 7,137 ATH — Global...

Brazil’s Q1 Trade Surplus Hits US$14.2 Billion Record as...

Key Points — Brazil's first-quarter trade surplus reached a record US$14.2 billion — up 47.6% year-on-year — driven by total...

Brazil Morning Call for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

TODAY'S FOCUS Trump Extends Ceasefire Indefinitely — But Iran Calls Talks a "Waste of Time" — B3 Reopens After Holiday Today's Brazil morning call opens with...

Strategy Tops 800,000 BTC After $2.5B Buy as Bitcoin Holds $75,773

Rio Times Crypto & Perpetuals Brief Tuesday, April 21, 2026 · Snapshot at 07:27 UTC The Big Three 1. Strategy bought 34,164 Bitcoin...

Ibovespa Bounces to 196,132 as Petrobras Recovers on $94 Oil — Ceasefire Expires When Markets Reopen Wednesday

Rio Times Daily Market Brief · Brazil Tuesday, April 21, 2026 · Covering the session of Monday, April 20 The Big...

Brazil Morning Call for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

TODAY'S FOCUS Ceasefire Expires Today — IRGC Reverses Hormuz "Open" — Trump: Extension "Highly Unlikely"...

Brazil Morning Call for Monday, April 20, 2026

TODAY'S FOCUS Hormuz "Completely Open" Then Reverses — Oil Crashes 9% — Ceasefire Expires Tomorrow Today's Brazil...

Bitcoin and Crypto in Latin America 2026: The Complete Guide

Key Points Latin America generated $324 billion in stablecoin transaction volume in 2025 — an 89% year-over-year surge —...