Ibovespa is contaminated by external pessimism; future index retreats and dollar engages hig
The Ibovespa futures opened trading this Thursday (15) down 0.24%, quoted at 120.040 points. The dollar , in turn, opened today's session up 0.18%, worth BRL 4.8231. Yesterday (14), the S&P rating agency revised Brazil's sovereign risk outlook from stable to positive, opening the door for other agencies to do the same. The news took the Ibovespa close to the highs of the session. Optimism, however, does not follow in today's trading session, which is contaminated by pessimism abroad. International stock exchanges operate low this morning, with emphasis on the American ones. In New York , at 08:30 am, the futures of Dow Jones , S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 0.22%, 0.38% and 0.69%, respectively. The drop in the indices, according to Guide Investimentos , reflects yesterday's FOMC decision, which kept the US interest rate unchanged, but signaled the possibility of rising twice more this year. While other Central Banks ar