São Paulo – The São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) announced on this Monday (6th) that it recorded an all-time high in number of deals in May. The volume reached 11,172,707, exceeding the previous record, of 10,897,755, set in February. Financial turnover reached 133.6 billion reals (US$ 84.8 billion) in May, as against 127.04 billion reals (US$ 8.6 billion) in April.
The shares that had the highest financial turnover were Vale PNA, Petrobras PN, OGX Petróleo ON, Itauunibanco PN and Vale ON. The shares that appreciated the most were Lojas Americanas PN, Souza Cruz ON, Braskem PNA, Vivo PN and Telesp PN. The shares that depreciated the most were Hypermarcas ON, Ecodiesel ON, Marfrig ON, Usiminas ON and Pão de Açúcar ON.
Ibovespa, the stock exchange’s main index, ended the month at 64,620 points, a 2.28% decline over late April. The combined market value of the 375 companies listed was 2.45 trillion reals (US$ 1.55 trillion) by the end of May, as against 2.5 trillion reals (US$ 1.58 trillion) by the end of the previous month.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
