05/08/2024 – 16:11
Brasília, 8 – The Central Bank Commodities Index (IC-Br) rose 5.86% in April, the agency reported this Wednesday, 8. The indicator went from 369.38 points in March to 391.02 points in last month. Year to date, the indicator has increased by 14.08%. In 12 months, the IC-Br accumulated an increase of 7.89%.
In 2023, the indicator accumulated a reduction of 12.28%. The indicator had closed 2022 with a decline of 1.56%, after a jump of 50.72% in 2021.
For comparison purposes, the BC also discloses in its document the international commodity indicator, the CRB, which rose 5.85% in April, after rising 2.14% in March.
The increase in IC-Br at the margin in April was driven by the Metal component, with an increase of 14.61% in the month, followed by the Energy segment, which rose 7.72%. The Agriculture segment rose 3.50%.
Agriculture includes items such as beef, soybean oil, wheat, sugar, corn, coffee, rice and pork. The Metal segment brings together aluminum, iron ore, copper, tin, zinc, lead and nickel. In turn, in Energy are the prices of natural gas, coal and oil.
In 2024, the increase was also driven by the Metal segment, with growth of 20.94%. The Energy and Agricultural indices also registered advances in the period, of 13.96% and 12.50%, respectively.
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