Tag: Ibovespa stock index

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 20:56 UTC

  Brazil’ Bovespa implementing changes to update its benchmark Ibovespa

  

  Brazil’s main stock exchange Bovespa is implementing changes to its benchmark Ibovespa stock index, the first since 1968, in an effort to correct recent distortions and better reflect the performance of local shares.

• Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazilian market suffers the impact of iron-ore producer Vale record loss in fourth quarter

  

  Brazil’s Bovespa-index futures declined with the equity gauge poised for its biggest monthly drop since May, after iron-ore producer Vale SA posted a record loss in the fourth quarter.

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Brazil farmland prices quadrupled over the past decade outpacing inflation

  

  Prices for farmland in Brazil surged by an average 14% a year to nearly quadruple over the past decade, well outpacing inflation and nearly matching gains made by São Paulo's blue-chip Ibovespa stock index, a new study shows.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:41 UTC

  Brazil’s Bovespa index declined 18.1% in 2011 closing at 56.754 points

  

  In spite of a slight gain in the last trading day of 2011 the Brazilian stocks benchmark index experienced an 18.1% decline in the twelve months on concerns that Europe's debt troubles could lead to another global recession.