The Ibovespa index is slightly down this Wednesday morning, at 169,279 points.

At 10:14 am (Brasilia time) this Wednesday (10), the Ibovespa registered a slight decrease of 0.31%, to 169,279.85 points, but with an accumulated gain in the partial week of 0.47%. On the previous day (9), the main indicator of Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3) It rose 0.68%, to 169,813.15 points. Of greater weight in the composition of B3a Vale (VALE3) It fell 0.64%, while shares of Petrobras (PETR3; PETR4) They were operating in stability with a downward bias (-0.04% and -0.07%, respectively). After a slight easing the previous day, tensions in the Middle East increased again, putting pressure on financial markets worldwide. In addition to the continued Israeli attacks against Lebanon, US President Donald Trump accused Iran of shooting down an American helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz and stated that he would respond to the offensive. Earlier, Trump posted on his social media that Iran took too long to negotiate a peace agreement and that now "it will have to pay the price," without giving further details. On the economic agenda, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) The country recorded inflation of 0.5% in May, slowing from the 0.6% increase recorded in April. On an annual basis, on the other hand, the indicator accelerated from 3.8% in April to 4.2% in May. Both results were in line with market expectations. This was the last important indicator before the next meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve (Fed) to deliberate on the future of US interest rates. The meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday (16) and Wednesday (17). This will be the first Fed meeting with the institution's new chairman, Kevin Warsh, who replaced Jerome Powell. Here, on a day marked by the absence of economic indicators, investors' attention is focused on new election polls. Published earlier, a new Genial/Quaest survey shows that President Lula leads the presidential race in the first round, with 39% of voting intentions, followed by Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with 29%. In a potential second round between these two candidates, Lula leads with 44% of the vote intention, compared to Flávio's 38%. In the previous poll, released in May, Lula had 42%, and Flávio, 41%.

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