©Reuters. The Sao Paulo stock market closes its fourth consecutive week in the red
Sao Paulo, Jun 24 (EFE) .- The Sao Paulo stock market rose 0.60% this Friday and its index stood at 98,672 points, but the rise was not enough to offset the losses of the previous days and closed like this his fourth week in the red.
Despite the rise on Friday, in the last five sessions the Brazilian parquet lost 1.15%.
The shares that rose the most this Friday were the preferred ones of the Gol airline, which rose 7.32%, in a positive day for the airline sector on the São Paulo stock market.
The ordinary titles of the Siderúrgica Nacional also closed among the biggest profits of the day, which rose 5.62% in a good session for the companies of raw materials.
In this sense, the ordinary shares of the Vale mining company, one of the largest iron exporters in the world, climbed 3.10% today and were the most traded of the day, after falling more than 3% the day before.
On the other side of the board, the biggest losers were pet supplies company Pet Shop’s commons, which fell 6.06%.
During the day, 21,897 million reais (about 4,210 million dollars) were traded, as a result of 3,571,779 financial transactions.
In the foreign exchange market, the dollar appreciated 0.45% against the real and was traded at 5.252 reais for both purchase and sale at the commercial exchange rate.
In the week, the greenback increased by 2.11% against the Brazilian currency.