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SAO PAULO – Ibovespa Futuro opens in the autumn this Friday (11) with stagnation both in the negotiations for a trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union post-Brexit and in the talks for a new stimulus package in the United States. Here, the presentation of the Proposal for the Amendment to the Emergency Constitution (PEC), was postponed again and will remain until 2021.
Earlier, officials in the office of the Republican Majority Leader in the United States Senate, Mitch McConnell, said that Republican senators would not support the $ 908 billion proposal put forward by the two parties.
In Brazil, the Rapporteur of the Emergency PEC, Senator Márcio Bittar (MDB-AC), reported that the presentation and conclusion of the report on the project will be for 2021. Bittar mentioned that the complexity of the discussions requires more negotiations. “I think the proposal will be better debated next year, as soon as the national Congress resumes its activities and the political moment is more appropriate,” he said in the note.
The text was expected to be presented today. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), recently joked that he would bring a “birthday cake” to the PEC, as the government initially promised to bring it to the congressional vote in December 2019.
On the other hand, risk rating agency S&P reiterated Brazil’s rating, but issued warnings to the country.
At 09:10 AM (Brasilia time), the December futures index fell 0.94%, to 114,225 points.
The future dollar maturing in January 2021 registered an increase of 0.68%, to R $ 5,061. The commercial dollar, for its part, advanced 0.54%, to R $ 5.0643 in the purchase and R $ 5.0653 in the sale.
In the future interest market, the ID of January 2022 rises two basis points to 3.08%, the ID of January 2023 rises four basis points to 4.48%, the ID of January 2025 advances six basis points in 6.05% and the DI of January 2027 registered a positive variation of six basis points at 6.85%.
Returning abroad, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there was a “great chance” that the UK’s exit from the European Union was marked by the lack of a new trade deal.
On the positive side, Hungary and Poland renounced on Thursday (10) the vetoes that had been preventing the implementation of the stimulus package to the European Union seized in July, worth 750 billion euros. The package was defined with the Budget for the period between 2021 and 2027, for an amount of 1.3 billion euros.
Both countries have been blocking the implementation of the package because they do not agree with a point in the legislation that conditions the disbursement of resources to member countries on adherence to European values. The governments of both countries have been under investigation for years for allegedly influencing the appointment of judges and discouraging press freedom, measures contrary to European law.
The Court of Justice of the European Union should take even more than a year to issue its decision on the charges, and both countries should benefit from the resources so far, something especially important for the far-right government of Viktor Orban, which faces elections. in 2022.
On Thursday (10) an advisory panel from the Food and Drug Administration, the US agency responsible for the approval of drugs and foods, recommended, by 17 votes to 4, the approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for use by emergency. in the U.S.
This is the last step before the agency approves the final product, which will allow the first doses to be distributed in the country, as is already the case in the United Kingdom. With rare exceptions, the FDA follows the panel’s recommendation.
Pandemic in Brazil
According to the balance of the press consortium that collects and systematizes data on covid diagnoses and deaths from the disease in the country, 21 states and the Federal District had this Thursday the second consecutive day of an upward trend in the average number of deaths.
769 new deaths were reported Thursday. Thus, the moving average of deaths in the last 7 days was 642 per day, an increase of 35% compared to the average registered 14 days ago.
53,425 new cases of covid contamination were registered, bringing the moving average of cases in the last 7 days to 42,290, 34% more than the one registered 14 days ago.
According to Folha de S. Paulo, in approximately one month the number of capitals went from six to eight, with more than 80% of their ICU beds occupied. In Rio, there are queues for ICUs.
On Thursday, the city government announced new measures to curb the spread of the virus, including suspending road closures on Sundays for leisure reasons and a ban on parking on the boardwalk on weekends and holidays. The beaches are still open, the bars, restaurants and discos have not changed their opening hours.
In São Paulo, the coordinator of the contingency center, José Medina, stated that the average number of new cases of the disease went from 20,000 to 40,000 between November and December in Brazil. At the beginning of the pandemic, that level had been reached in three months, he said.
At an event in Porto Alegre on Thursday, President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) said, however, that Brazil would be experiencing “a small end to the pandemic.” He also stated: “Our government, taking into account other countries in the world, was the one that did the best in terms of economy. We provide all possible support to states and municipalities ”.
On Thursday, the Health Ministry announced that it had signed a memorandum of intent for the purchase of 70 million doses of the vaccine developed by the partnership between Pfizer and BioNTech.
The executive secretary of the ministry, Elcio Franco, stressed that there is a similar agreement in the case of CoronaVac, a vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac, which in Brazil must be produced by the Butantan Institute from imported supplies.
“Butantan and Pfizer are in the same conditions, I have memoranda of understanding, if there are records they can be inserted into the PNI (National Vaccination Plan),” he said.
In an open letter published on Thursday, Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) officials stated that they act with scientific criteria and that they do not serve “the interests of governments, individuals, organizations or political parties.”
Auction of debt securities and articulation in Congress
The National Treasury held on Thursday a mega auction of government bonds, for the amount of R $ 57 billion, one of the largest in history. This brings the Treasury cash flow to R $ 271 billion, built since the beginning of November. The measure reduces the risk of refinancing the R $ 650 billion of debt maturing in the first four months of 2021.
Still on the radar, the PEC Emergency Rapporteur, Márcio Bittar, said in a press release that the text will no longer be presented by him in 2020. Yesterday, Fernando Bezerra (MDB-PE), leader of the government in the Senate, He had stated that the PEC emergency report would be published on Friday and could be voted on next week.
Furthermore, according to Estadão, the articulation around the election of deputy Arthur Lira (Progressistas-AL) as president of the Chamber of Deputies has occurred in meetings of the cabinet of the Minister of the Ministry of Government, General Luiz Eduardo Ramos.
According to the São Paulo newspaper, Ramos is receiving deputies to discuss the payment of amendments, including politicians from the left. The PDT would have offered an “extra” of R $ 5 million in amendments for each deputy, which could indicate how the money would be invested in their respective electoral bastion. A group from the PSB was reportedly called to Ramos’ office the day before yesterday to discuss possible support for Lira’s candidacy.
In addition, on Thursday, the Senate approved a draft of the so-called new bidding law, edited with the intention of modernizing current regulations, which follows the presidential sanction.
The proposal, which repeals the current Tender Law (Law 8,666) and the Tender Law (Law 10,520), creates contracting modalities, inserts provisions in the Penal Code to classify offenses in tenders, in addition to requiring guarantee insurance for major works .
Corporate radar
On the radar of the oil, gas and energy sector, the Senate changed the law of the new gas framework and, with that, the text returns to the House. The new milestone aims to attract buyers for the gas infrastructure that Petrobras plans to sell as part of a broad divestment program.
The advertising panel company Eletromidia requested this Thursday to register for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it will seek resources for organic expansion and via acquisitions.
The company, which has 54 thousand digital and static panels exhibited in places such as elevators, subways, shopping centers and airports, will have the offer coordinated by Morgan Stanley, Itaú BBA, Bradesco BBI, Santander and UBS-BB.
The Fleury diagnostic medicine group announced on Thursday the purchase of 100% of the Pacaembu Infusion Center (CIP) and 80% of the Dr. Moacir da Cunha Ophthalmology Clinic.
“The two acquisitions reinforce the strategy of growth and expansion of the presence of the company in the health chain,” said Fleury through a relevant event.
The president of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), Minister Humberto Martins, suspended a precautionary measure that paralyzed part of the works of the Gralha Azul Transmission System, of Engie Brasil Energia, the company reported in a statement to the market on Thursday.
According to the electricity company, the suspension was caused by the granting of the requests presented by the Union and the State of Paraná on Wednesday, and a request from Engie herself on Thursday.
Taurus announced on Thursday that it began manufacturing light aircraft carriers in a joint venture in Guarulhos (SP) and that it intends to move this production to the company’s complex in São Leopoldo (RS) in 2021.
Vale changed its outlook from negative to stable by S&P and reported that its lobbying in New Caledonia stalled after the protest.
B3 reported its operational highlights for the month of November and in the variable income spot market it registered an average daily financial volume of R $ 34,177 billion, 74.9% higher than that registered in the same month of 2019. October, when the volume was R $ 28,482 billion, there was an increase of 20%.
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