Americas market wrap: Bovespa falls to lowest level in two months
Latin American stocks tumbled on Tuesday on worries about escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula and deepening political crisis in Ireland. Investors, already concerned about the economic woes of...
View ArticleAmericas market wrap: Bovespa rallies on cabinet appointments
Latin American stocks gained on Wednesday as positive US economic data sparked confidence and investors cheered market-friendly cabinet choices from Brazil’s incoming president. Continue reading »
View ArticleAmericas markets wrap: slippage in thin trading
Not a lot of action on Latin American markets on Thursday with the US closed for Thanksgiving. Stocks across the region gave up some of previous session’s gains in thin trading while currencies mostly...
View ArticleBrazil: market plunge could provide breathing space on inflation
It remains a mystery just how far south Brazil’s Bovespa index will go. Already the worst performer among the world’s major markets with a fall of about 30 per cent this year, Latin America’s largest...
View ArticleWatch out Bovespa, here comes Cetip
BM&FBovespa’s monopoly over Brazilian capital markets is under threat, it seems. After the publication of an independent report on Monday showing the benefits of allowing more exchange operators...
View ArticleMexico v Brazil: stock market edition
For all of you out there who can’t get enough of the Mexico versus Brazil debate, here’s something else to chew over: the diverging fortunes of the countries’ two stock markets. Mexico’s benchmark IPC...
View ArticleBrazilian stocks surge on China outlook
Here’s another reminder of just how dependent Brazil’s economy is on China’s. Brazil’s Bovespa index surged 3.1 per cent to 48,928.82 on Thursday after China released stronger than expected trade data,...
View ArticleBrazil – good riddance, 2013
When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s eve this week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff probably breathed a huge sigh of relief – 2013 was certainly a year to forget. The biggest protests in 20...
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