The Sao Paulo stock market rose 2.2% to close September with gains

São Paulo, September 30 (EFE). – The Ibovespa index, the main index of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, rose by 2.20% this Friday and at the end of September settled at 110,036 points, also closing the month with gains, according to the consolidated report. Close the data.

In the third consecutive month with a score in its favour, the index accumulated a positive variance of 0.46%, but fell in the five sessions of the week by 1.5%.

The Brazilian stock market positively absorbed on Friday the possible victory of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s elections and the almost certain appointment of former Central Bank chief Henrique Meirelles as Minister of Economy in a possible government, a position already occupied by the banker. .

On Friday, Parque Sao Paulo recorded a financial volume of 32,958 million reais (about $6110 million) and the total transactions amounted to just over 4.2 million.

With some fluctuations, the largest stock market in Latin America in terms of trading volume moved on Friday between the minimum points of 107,315 integers, with a temporary decrease of 0.32%, and a maximum of 110,502 units, when it rose by 2.63%.

After a decline of 0.73% on Thursday, the index added 2,372 units to its cumulative score on Friday and again crossed the symbolic bar by 110,000 points.

On a contradictory day of trading, gains were led by regular newspapers of supermarket network and internet sales magazine Luiza, which rose 10.62%, followed by those of reinsurer IRB (+8.91%) and supermarket chain Via (+8.91%). + 8.58%).

Meanwhile, losses in the stock market were led by the common shares of the French supermarket chain Carrefour (-2.77%), followed by the same type of aviation manufacturer Embraer (-2.51%) and the wholesale market Assai. Chain (-2.23%).

The regular titles of Mining Vale (+5.28%), one of the world’s largest iron producers and exporters, were the most traded on the day.

In the foreign exchange market, the dollar closed practically stable (-0.02%) against the real and ended trading on the last day of the month and week at 5.393 reais for buying and 5.394 for sale at the Brazilian commercial exchange rate.

In September, the US currency appreciated by 3.73% against the Brazilian currency, while the divergence was positive by 2.78% during the week. EFE

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