SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The spot dollar turned and operated lower on Tuesday, while in the futures market the rate stabilized, with business subject to occasional flows despite the unstable day in international markets amid geopolitical tensions and the first of the two-day US monetary policy meeting.
At 11:41 am (GMT), the spot dollar retreated 0.29%, at 5.4910 reais on sale, after oscillating between a high of 0.29%, at 5.523 reais, and a fall of 0.38%, at 5.486 reais .
On B3, the dollar futures contract of the first maturity had a positive variation of 0.05%, at 5.4970 reais, moving away from the maximum of 5.5285 reais reached earlier.
Outside, the dollar operated at its highest in more than two weeks against a basket of currencies of rich countries, while an index of emerging currencies fell for the third straight session and to the lowest level in 15 days.
Markets remained tense over risks involving heightened tensions between Russia, Ukraine, Europe and the US, after Washington put 8,500 troops on alert for possible travel to Europe in the event of an escalation in the Ukraine crisis. Moscow said on Tuesday it was watching the moves with great concern.
In addition, investors maintained a dose of anxiety about the US central bank (Fed), which begins this Tuesday monetary policy meeting that ends on Wednesday, when the Fed is expected to confirm plans to raise interest rates in March and may give signals about what you want to do with your balance sheet.
US interest rate hikes tend to undermine emerging assets, such as the real, but some analysts have said much is in the exchange rate price already. Still, the nervousness persisted.
(By Jose de Castro)
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