Uncertainty about Donald Trump’s government and the discovery of a new type of coronavirus in China caused turbulence in the financial market. The dollar was the first rise in seven weeks. The stock market had a small drop, also influenced from the outside.
The commercial dollar ended this Friday (21) sold at R $ 5,731, with a rise of R $ 0.026 (+0.46%). The quotation operated on falling for most of the day, reaching R $ 5.69 around 1:45 pm. However, he went up in the middle of the afternoon, after the British newspaper Daily Mail releases the news that a new coronaviruses discovered on bats in China has potential for transmission between humans.
With the rise this Friday, the US currency rose 0.58% a week. By 2025, the border drops 7.26%.
The news of the new virus also brought turbulences in the stock market. B3’s Ibovespa index closed at 127,128 points, with a decrease of 0.37%. In addition to following the international market, the indicator was affected by the fall in oil price, which affected emerging countries.
Shortly after the release of the new coronavirus, US bags began to fall, pushing the global market. The fall in interest to US securities, considering the safest investments on the planet, was not reflected in the dollar, as usually occurs.
* With information from Reuters
