The Ibovespa index is showing a sharp drop this Friday morning, closing at 175,000 points.

At 10:22 am (Brasilia time) this Friday (15), the Ibovespa It was operating at a sharp decline of 1.55%, at 175,593.70 points, with an accumulated drop of 3.24% for the week. On the previous day (14), the main indicator of Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It rose 0.72%, to 178,365.86 points. Of greater weight in the composition of B3a Vale (VALE3) It plummeted 2.82%. On the other hand, the shares of Petrobras (PETR3; PETR4) They recorded gains of 0.89% and 0.58%, respectively. The market continues to digest the fallout from the release of audios linking presidential pre-candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to banker Daniel Vorcaro, given the senator's strength in this year's election race against current head of the executive branch, Lula. Shortly, Datafolha will release a new poll on voting intentions for president. Also in the Master case, the Federal Police arrested Henrique Vorcaro, father of banker Daniel Vorcaro, yesterday during a new phase of Operation Compliance Zero. On the economic agenda, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) It was reported that the volume of services in Brazil fell 1.2% in March compared to the previous month. Thus, the sector is 18.2% above the level of February 2020 (pre-pandemic), but 1.7% below the peak of the historical series, reached in October 2025. Compared to the same month last year, the volume of services grew 3.0% in March 2026, the 24th consecutive positive result. The accumulated growth in the first three months of the year was 2.3%. Abroad, the focus is on the final day of the meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, amidst signs of diplomatic rapprochement between China and the United States. In recent days, the two exchanged compliments and indicated a willingness to expand cooperation between the countries, as well as work together for a solution to the conflict in the Middle East. Today, the Federal Reserve (Fed) It was announced that United States industrial production It registered a 0.7% increase in April, above the revised 0.3% drop in the previous month. The market had expected a 0.3% increase.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.