Key Points
The Ibovespa snapped a six-day slide with a 1.16% rally to 174,198, building a textbook double bottom at 172,199 that matched Monday’s close exactly.
USD/BRL opened Wednesday at 5.0044 — the cycle low — as the real broke through 5.00 and the dollar’s reversal fully capitulated.
Wall Street notched another record close: the S&P up 0.13% to 7,609, the Nasdaq at 27,093 and the Dow up 0.45% to 51,307, AI chip names leading.
JOLTS blew out at 7.6M April job openings against a 6.86M consensus — the highest reading in nearly two years and a clean labour-stability signal.
