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In Brazil, B3 rose 9.69%, while the dollar closed down 1.05%, at R$ 5.0814.
The main stock exchanges had a calmer day this Tuesday (24). The Dow Jones index rose 11.37%, registering its biggest daily percentage gain since 1933. After US lawmakers said they are close to an agreement for a US$ 2 trillion economic rescue package.
The day was also positive in the European market. Stock exchanges recorded their best daily performance since 2008.
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International Markets
Stock exchanges:
- Bovespa: closed up 9.69%, at 69,729 points
- Dow Jones (New York Stock Exchange): closed up 11.37%
- London Stock Exchange: closed up 9.05%
- Frankfurt: closed up 10.98%
- Paris: closed up 8.39%
- Madrid: closed up 7.82%
- Tokyo: Closed up 7.13%
- Shanghai: Closed down 2.34%
- Seoul: Closed up 8.60%
- Singapore: Closed up 5.76%
- Sydney: Closed up 4.17%
Oil
- WTI Oil: closed up 2.8%, at US$ 24.01
- Brent oil: closed up 0.4%, at US$ 27.15
Note: referring to 5:35 pm
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 IHS Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), by far the biggest monthly drop since the survey began in mid-1998.
- The Fed announced it will support corporate bond purchases, back 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 scale up fiscal and monetary action for as long as necessary to ensure the return of growth and confidence, which have been hit by the coronavirus.