Real-time: Ibovespa advances with banks and Vale (VALE3), in anticipation of the Copom minutes; dollar rises and closes at R$ 5.25

The Ibovespa (IBOV) starts February on a high note, extending January's surge. On this Monday (2), the main Brazilian stock index closed trading with a 0.79% increase, reaching 182,793.40 points. Meanwhile, the spot dollar (USDBRL) closed trading at R$ 5.2593, with a 0.22% increase. Here, in anticipation of the Copom meeting minutes and new electoral polls, the market followed the opening of Congress and Judiciary. Still, among the developments of the Master Case, Grupo Fictor, which tried to buy Banco Master, filed for judicial recovery (RJ) for Fictor Holding and Fictor Invest, at the São Paulo Court of Justice. Abroad, the market continued reacting to Kevin Warsh's nomination for the presidency of the Federal Reserve (Fed, the US Central Bank) and the easing of tensions between the US and Iran. The Chamber of Deputies approved, this Monday, 2, the Provisional Measure (MP) that enables the People's Gas Program, created for the free distribution of cooking gas to 15 million ...