The stock market in Sao Paulo fell 2%, but closed the week with gains

São Paulo, September 23 (EFE). – The Ibovespa index, the main index of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, fell 2.06% this Friday, to 111,716 points, but managed to end the week with gains, according to consolidated data from the close. .

In the five sessions of the week, the index accumulated a positive variance of 2.22%.

The Brazilian stock market was hit, on Friday, by the international pessimism, which has moved away from it almost all week, and felt the decline in the oil sector shares, which has a great weight in the market.

Thus, losses in the stock market, also on a negative day for the aviation sector, topped the ordinary papers of the aviation manufacturer Embraer (-7.46%), followed by the state oil company Petrobras (-7, 06). %) and the airlines Azul (-6.81%) and Gol (-6.44%).

Already, Petrobras’ headlines (-6.26%), the fifth biggest loss on Friday, were the most heavily traded intraday.

Thus, Parque São Paulo recorded a financial volume of 30,939 million riyals (about $ 5,895 million), and the total transactions amounted to more than 3.7 million.

Always in the red, the largest stock market in Latin America in terms of trading volume moved between a maximum score of 114,046 integers, obtained at the opening of operations, and at least 110,731 units, when it fell by 2.92%.

After a jump of 1.91% on Thursday, the index subtracted 2,354 units from its accumulated scores on Friday.

On the other hand, gains were topped by common stock shares of electric company Equatorial, up 7.75%, from the same type of pet store chain Petz (+4.49%) and Fleury Clinical Laboratory. Network (+3.69%).

In the foreign exchange market, the dollar rose 2.61% against the real and ended the last trading day of the week trading at 5.247 reals to buy and 5.248 to sell at the Brazilian commercial exchange rate.

However, despite the jump in today’s price, in the five sessions of the week, the Brazilian currency depreciated by 0.19% compared to the US denomination. EFE

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