On a day of correction in the financial market, the dollar returned to R $ 5.40 after reaching the lowest value in 14 months the day before. The stock exchange fell almost 1%, motivated by making profits and falling retail sales.
The commercial dollar ended this Wednesday (13) sold at R $ 5.40, with a rise of R $ 0.015 (+0.27%). The quotation operated stable in the morning, but went up in the afternoon, reaching R $ 5.41 at the maximum of the day, around 13h.
Despite the rise of this Wednesday, the border drops 3.55% in August. In 2025, the US currency accumulates a drop of 12.6%.
After reaching the highest level in another month on Tuesday, the stock market had a day of adjustments on Wednesday. B3’s Ibovespa index closed at 136,687 points, with a drop of 0.89%. Shares of companies linked to consumption were impaired after the dissemination that the Retail sales fell again in Juneaccumulating three months in a row of retraction.
Regarding the dollar, the currency fell before the borders of advanced economies, But it went up in Brazil and other Latin American countriesdriven by the making of profits, when investors take advantage of the low price to buy borders, and the fall of oil in the international market.
The Brent type oil barrel, used in international negotiations, fell to $ 65.63, the lowest level in two months. Economic deceleration in the United States and new threats from President Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, if there is no advances in negotiations on the Ukraine war, weighed to fall the quotation, damaging product exporting countries, such as Brazil.
*With information from Reuters
