S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 This Monday (7th), the S\u00e3o Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) reported that the traded volume in 2012 was R$ 1.78 trillion (US$ 874.4 billion), an all-time high. In 2011, traded volume reached R$ 1.61 trillion (US$ 790.9 billion). The daily average in 2012 was R$ 7.25 billion (US$ 3.56 billion), another all-time high, as against R$ 6.49 billion (US$ 3.18 billion) in 2011.<\/p>\n
The most traded stocks, value-wise, were Vale PNA, Petrobras PN, Itauunibanco PN, OGX Petr\u00f3leo ON, and Bradesco PN. The stocks that appreciated the most were Hypermarcas ON (95.53%), B2W Varejo ON (88.89%), Sabesp ON (73.79%), Duratex ON (71.16%) and Lojas Renner ON (70.38%).<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the stocks that dropped the most were OGX Petr\u00f3leo ON (67.84%), Eletrobras ON (61.36%), Eletrobras PNB (57.51%), Eletropaulo PN (47.4%) and PDG Realty ON (41.89%). Ibovespa, the stock exchange\u2019s leading index, closed the year at 60,952 points, up 7.4%.<\/p>\n
The market value of the 364 companies listed stood at R$ 2.52 trillion (US$ 1.23 trillion), as against 373 companies with a combined capital of R$ 2.29 trillion (US$ 1.12 trillion) in 2011. The companies paid R$ 45.82 billion (US$ 22.51 billion) to stockholders in 2012.<\/p>\n
Foreign investors accounted for 40.4% of total traded volume in 2012, according to Bovespa, followed institutional investors (32.1%), natural persons (17.9%), financial institutions (8.1%) and companies (1.5%).<\/p>\n
The total number of deals closed reached 192 million, another record high, as against 141 million in 2011.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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