Despite the financial market volatility, the dollar fell for the 12th time and closed below $ 5.80 for the first time since mid -November. The stock exchange retreated, after the disclosure of the minutes of the last Meeting of the Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee (BC).
The commercial dollar ended this Tuesday (4) sold at R $ 5,771, with a drop of R $ 0.022 (-0.76%). The quotation began the day close to stability, after the announcement of China’s retaliation to the elevation of tariffs by the Donald Trump government, but began to fall late in the morning after the release of weak data from the US economy.
In the smallest quote since November 19, the US currency accumulates a 6.59% drop in 2025. This is the largest sequence of dollar daily since the Real Plan.
The stock market had a more turbulent day. B3’s Ibovespa index closed at 125,147 points, with a decrease of 0.65%. The shares of exporting companies pulled the fall, being partially offset by discharge in the roles of financial institutions.
The dollar had a day of falling across the planet, after the release that the number of openings opened in the United States fell by 556,000 in January. The deceleration of the labor market increases the chances that the federal reserve (Fed, Central Bank) cut the interest rates more than expected. Lower rates in advanced economies stimulate capital entry into emerging countries such as Brazil.
In the stock exchange, the dissemination of Copom Minutesconsidered hard by the experts, stimulated the fall of actions. The disclosure that food inflation can spread to other sectors of the economy has lit fears that the BC raises interest after the March meeting. Higher interest in Brazil encourages the migration of investments in the stock market investments, such as government bonds.
*With information from Reuters
