Dollar today: currency opens on Friday (7) at a high, quoted at R$ 4.89

Latin American currencies should go through a test period against the dollar, with the beginning of the fall in interest rates, which should occur in the second half. In addition, there is a scenario of high interest rates in the United States, which makes it more attractive to invest in the North American country.

Even so, projections indicate that the value of foreign currency for Brazil will reach R$ 4.60 by the end of the year.

The second half will be a resilience test for Latin currencies. Lower interest rates tend to favor the stock exchanges, but not necessarily the appreciation of the real against other currencies.

already the euro also followed the increase of 0.80% and is at R$ 5.32 for buying and selling.

O Ibovespa opened at a drop of 1.78% and plummeted to 117,000 points. The Index stands at 117,425 points.

This Friday, the mood of the markets turned to the release of a report on employment in the United States, which showed a warmer economy than expected.

This is a strong sign of an increase in interest rates for the second half of the year, which causes a devaluation of the stock exchanges, mainly the Brazilian one.

The shares with the biggest falls in Brazil were Gol (GOLL4), with a decrease of 9.78%. After her is Magalu (MGLU3), which fell 7.62%, followed by shares of the company Via (VIIA3), with a decrease of 6.76%.

The only increases were with the companies IRB (IRBR3), EZTEC (EXTC3), CPFL (CPFE3), MRV (MRVE3) and Energias do Brasil (ENBR3).