Key Facts

Friday is debt day in Brazil with July gross public debt figures due in the morning, a day after President Lula said he is not worried about the debt load.

The Ibovespa enters on a seven-day winning streak after closing up 0.31% at 175,135 on Thursday.

The real barely moved on Thursday finishing essentially flat at 5.1474 per dollar.

Votorantim agreed to sell its Nexa stake to Boliden in a share swap valuing the zinc producer’s equity at about US$2.02 billion.