Dollar today: currency opens on Wednesday (5) on a high, quoted at R$ 4.80

Despite the rise, due to investor preference for US bonds, projections point out that the dollar should reach R$ 4.60 by the end of this year, according to estimates made by the market itself.

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.

The period 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.

O euro also followed the increase and is quoted at BRL 5.23 for buying and selling, 0.23% more than the previous day.

O Ibovespa opened at a low of 0.35%, but remains close to the 120,000 points it was at in previous weeks. The index is at 119,076 points.

This Wednesday, the mood of the markets is more negative due to difficulties in dealing with the tax reform and the new fiscal framework, in Congress.

In addition, the closing of the Stock Exchange in the United States on Tuesday (4), due to the holiday in the country, contributed to a lower availability of the dollar in international markets. The result is both an increase in the currency and a drop in the stock market with lower international investments.

The stock exchange in Brazil opened the day with a trading volume of BRL 12.5 billion, which is considered below average.

Among the shares with the biggest falls are Rede D’or (RDOR3), with a 3.67% drop. After her are Magazine Luiza (MGLU3), with a decrease of 2.03%, and Hapvida (HAPV3), with a decrease of 2.26%.

The rises were with the shares of Grupo Pão de Açúcar (PCAR3), which rose 6.96%. After that, there are increases in the shares of the companies MRV (MRVE3), up 6.96%, Braskem (BRKM5), up 5.35% and Petz (PETZ3), up 4.78%.