São Paulo – Ibovespa, the main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) closed up 2.01% this week, in its fourth straight week-on-week increase. Friday (18) saw the index reach 68,714.66 points, up 1.09% from Thursday, on which day it had dropped.
The US dollar closed down 1.03% on Friday to BRL 3.146. The United States currency had gone up 1.02% on Thursday, in its biggest increase since June 20. In the week, the dollar depreciated by 0.89%.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum