On a day of corrections in Brazil and abroad, the dollar fell and walked away from the barrier of $ 5.50. The stock exchange, in turn, had a slight recovery, but remained below 135,000 points.
The commercial dollar ended this Wednesday (20) sold at R $ 5,473, with a drop of R $ 0.026 (-0.48%). The quotation operated on the entire session, reaching R $ 5.46 at the minimum of the day, around 14h. The US currency has already fallen 2.28% in August. In 2025, the currency accumulates devaluation of 11.44%.
The stock market also had a day of recovery. B3’s Ibovespa index closed at 134,666 points, up 0.17%. Bank actions, which plummeted on Tuesday (19), rose on Wednesday, but without recovering the losses of the day before.
In the international scenario, the increase in oil in the international market benefited the currencies of emerging countries, such as Brazil. New offensive from Donald Trump’s government against a leader of the Federal Reserve (FedCentral Bank) contributed to hold the dollar by reinforcing interest cut expectations in the United States in September.
In the domestic market, the dollar even decreased the fall after the Supreme Court Minister (STF) Alexandre de Moraes say, in an interview, that Brazilian banks can be punished if they apply sanctions from the United States. The dollar, however, lost strength near the end of the session.
In recent days, the financial market has crossed tensions after a decision by the STF Minister Flávio Dino who has conditioned the compliance with foreign laws in Brazil to the approval of Brazilian courts. Although it referred to mining companiesthe decision, in practice, may prohibit Brazilian banks with business in the United States automatically comply with the sanctions imposed by the government of Donald Trump on Alexandre de Moraes.
Sanctions to the Brazilian magistrate are part of the actions adopted by the United States against imports and authorities in Brazil to interfere with the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro in the process of the final scam plot.
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Predicted sanctions include the blockade of bank accounts, assets and interests in assets within the jurisdiction on US soil, as well as the prohibition of entry into the country. This last measure had already been applied to Moraes and other STF ministers.
After Dino’s decision that potentially limits sanctions in Brazilian territory, banks fell strongly on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Dino reacted and said that the drop in the stock market is unrelated to foreign laws.
“I made a decision yesterday. This one who says it dropped the markets. I didn’t know I was so powerful, $ 42 billion of financial speculation. The luck is that old age teaches not to be impressed with little. Of course one thing has nothing to do with the other,” said Dino.
*With information from Reuters
