Tag: Bovespa

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 00:54 UTC

  Euro troubles and slower growth in China and EU hit Latin American markets

  

  Latin American stocks fell to an eight-month low on Monday triggered by concerns that the Euro zone debt problem was deepening and signs of slower growth in China. The region’s largest market Brazil’s Bovespa ended at its lowest since July 2010

• Saturday, March 12th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Head of Bovespa warns about capital controls to stem currency gains

  

  Emerging markets face a “definitive danger” from accelerating inflation and should resist the temptation to impose capital controls to stem currency gains, said Arminio Fraga, the head of Brazil’s stock exchange and a former central bank president.

• Thursday, November 4th 2010 - 15:50 UTC

  Uruguay leads the region in direct foreign investment percentage increase: 35.4%

  

  Uruguay is the country in Latin America and the Caribbean which experienced the highest percentage increase in direct foreign investment during the first half of the year, according to the latest report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal.

• Saturday, May 8th 2010 - 06:28 UTC

  Brazil’s Bovespa Confirms Biggest Weekly Decline since February

  

  Brazil’s Bovespa stock index fell for a second day on Friday closing with the biggest weekly decline since February 2009, on concern that Europe’s debt crisis is worsening and rescue packages could have to be extended to Portugal and Spain.

• Friday, May 7th 2010 - 05:27 UTC

  Brazil’s Bovespa Plunges to a 3 Month Low and the Real to January 09 Level

  

  Brazil’s Bovespa stock index plunged Thursday to a three-month low, extending its drop in the past month to 12%, and the Real tumbled as concern Europe’s debt crisis will spread prompted investors to sell higher-yielding assets.