Key Facts

Brazil’s Ibovespa fell 1.73% to 172,513.42 points, a loss of 3,032.94 points and the fourth straight daily decline

The week ended 3.08% lower, the worst five-day stretch for the index since May

Petrobras led the fall, with the preferred shares down 2.99% and the ordinary shares down 3.42%, a day after the company posted its third-largest profit ever

The real firmed for a third session, with the dollar easing 0.46% to R$5.0836 after a weak United States jobs report knocked the American currency lower