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SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Brazilian and Mexican shares rose to document highs on Thursday, propelled by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s signaling towards decrease rates of interest in 2024 and financial coverage selections in each Latin American nations.
In Brazil, shares had been partially pushed by the native central financial institution’s price lower on Wednesday night, with board members indicating that 50-basis-point cuts will proceed previous its subsequent assembly in January.
Brazil’s equities benchmark index settled up 1.06% on Thursday, reaching a brand new closing excessive of 130,842.09 factors, after climbing to an intraday document of 131,259.81 earlier within the day. The earlier data had been set in June 2021.
The constructive session was additionally helped by oil agency Petrobras’ shares, which had been up 2.17% at shut as oil costs trended increased.
Mexico’s major inventory index rose 3.39% to a historic shut of 57,036.42 factors, although it additionally inched even increased throughout buying and selling to an intraday excessive of 57,077.52 factors.
The index was propelled by Mexico’s airport operators, a day after Grupo ASUR introduced particulars of its 2024-2028 grasp improvement plan.
Earlier within the day, Mexico’s central financial institution unanimously held the nation’s rate of interest at 11.25% and pointed towards extra of the identical “for some time.”
