The Ibovespa index is showing a slight increase this Thursday morning, above 171,000 points.

At 11 am (Brasília time) this Thursday (9), the Ibovespa It registered a slight increase of 0.25%, to 171,074.91 points, but with an accumulated loss of 1.72% in the partial week. On the previous day (8), the main indicator of Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It fell 0.79%, to 170,653.45 points. In this trading session, the Brazilian market is operating with lower liquidity due to the Constitutionalist Revolution holiday in the state of São Paulo, the country's main financial center. The economic agenda is empty here, and as a result, investors are turning their attention abroad. Among the companies with the greatest weight in the composition of the B3, Vale (VALE3) It fell by just over 0.50%, while the shares of Petrobras (PETR3; PETR4) They were up about 0.15%. The banking sector was operating in positive territory. On Wall Street, the main stock indices showed gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.13%, to 52,415.52 points; the S&P 500 gained 0.44%, to 7,515.35 points; and the Nasdaq advanced 0.63%, to 26,029.20 points. As promised by US President Donald Trump after ending the ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, US armed forces resumed attacks against Iran last night. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard, in turn, launched a "massive" attack against US military bases in the region. Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain had already announced earlier that they had intercepted some Iranian missiles. A short while ago, the U.S. Department of Labor The report indicated that the country registered 215,000 new unemployment claims in the week ending July 4th. This figure was below the 218,000 claims expected by the market and represents a decrease of 2,000 claims compared to the previous week (revised figure from 215,000 to 217,000). Also continuing to resonate with investors is the minutes from the June 16th-17th meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve (Fed), which were released the previous day. The document showed that policymakers remain concerned about persistent inflation, despite acknowledging that the US economy and labor market remain resilient.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.