Technical failure affects the opening of the markets

The opening of international markets began marked by caution after a technical stoppage that interrupted the formation of prices in major futures contracts in the United States. The failure occurred in a data center responsible for supporting the systems of the CME, which temporarily suspended trading of indices, currencies, commodities, and bonds. According to TF Agroeconômica, the problem arose around midnight on November 27 and removed the main references from investors before a session already predicted to occur with a reduced schedule. The scenario was further influenced by the Thanksgiving holiday, which kept all U.S. financial markets closed the previous day. The reopening on this Friday would depend on the normalization of the affected system, but the expectation was of low liquidity due to the extension of the holiday for many investors. In the international environment, strong attention remained on Chinese purchases, a topic that continues to stimulate speculation around ...