In Brazil, the B3 rose to 9.69%, while the dollar closed down by 1.05%, to R$ 5.0814.
The main stock exchanges had a calmer day this Tuesday (24). The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 11.37%, recording its biggest daily percentage gain since 1933. After US lawmakers said they are close to an agreement on a $2 trillion economic rescue package.
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The day was also positive in the European market. Stock markets posted their best daily performance since 2008.
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International Markets
Stock exchanges:
- Bovespa: closed at a high of 9.69%, at 69,729 points
- Dow Jones (New York Stock Exchange): closed at a high of 11.37%
- The London Stock Exchange: closed at a high of 9.05%
- Frankfurt: closed higher at 10.98%
- Paris: closed higher at 8,39%
- Madrid: closed higher at 7.82%
- Tokyo: closes higher at 7.13%
- Shanghai: closed down 2,34%
- Seoul: closes higher at 8.60%
- Singapore: closes higher at 5.76%
- Sydney: closed higher at 4,17%
Petroleum
- WTI Crude Oil: closed higher at 2.8%, US$ 24.01
- Brent Oil: Closed up 0.4%, US$ 27.15
Note: referring to 17:35
In the world
- Euro zone business activity plunged to a record low of 31.4 points in March from 51.6 in February, according to the IHS Markit PMI index, by far the biggest monthly drop since the survey began in mid- 1998.
- The Fed has announced that it will support corporate bond purchases, support direct lending to companies and expand its asset purchases for as long as necessary to stabilize financial markets.
- Chinese health authorities announced on Tuesday that 78 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, most of them imported from abroad, raising fears of a new wave of infections.
- G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have pledged to expand fiscal and monetary action for as long as necessary to ensure the return of coronavirus-hit growth and confidence.
