After a series of days of optimism, the financial market had a day of adjustments. THE The stock market fell slightly after 15 consecutive increases, interrupting the record streak.
The dollar rose almost R$0.02 and approached R$5.30after reach the lowest value in almost a year and a half the day before.
THE Ibovespa index, from B3, closed this Wednesday (12) at 157,633 pointswith a drop of just 0.07%. The indicator opened above 158 thousand points, but retreated until the beginning of the afternoon, with a drop of 0.74% at 2:23 pm. The stock market recovered in the following hours and almost offset the fall.
With 12 consecutive records, the Brazilian stock market ended 15 consecutive trading sessions of highs. That it was the biggest sequence of appreciation of the Brazilian stock exchange since December 1993 and January 1994when the Ibovespa rose for 19 sessions.
THE stock market rose 9.48% since October 21stwhen the sequence of increases began, and accumulates a gain of 31.15% in 2025.
THE The main factor that caused the stock market to fall this Wednesday was Petrobras sharesthe most traded, which fell due to the fall in the international price of oil. Ordinary shares (voting at shareholders’ meetings) fell 2.99%. Preferred shares (with preference in the distribution of dividends) lost 2.56%.
The foreign exchange market also had a day of adjustments. THE commercial dollar closed this Wednesday sold at R$ 5.29with an increase of R$0.019 (+0.37%). The price fell to R$5.26 at 10 am, but reversed the movement and started to rise, under pressure from abroad, with currencies from emerging countries also devaluing.
The US currency had fallen for five consecutive sessions. On Tuesday (11), it closed at R$5.27, the lowest value since June 6 of last year. With this Wednesday’s performance, the currency accumulates a drop of 1.64% in November and 14.34% in 2025.
* With information from Reuters
