In brief
Between late July and August 18 the Ibovespa strung together its worst losing streak in three years: eleven straight down sessions, with the index falling to 166,409 points and a weekly loss above 3% in the week ended August 14, per CNN Brasil and InfoMoney.
The turn came on August 19, with a gain of about 0.9% driven by external relief after the US Treasury expanded long-bond buybacks. On August 20 the index was nearly flat at 167,927 points, per Correio Braziliense and InfoMoney.
The recovery accelerated: up 1.85% on August 21, another gain on the 24th and a 1.55% jump on August 25 to 174,576 points, per Money Times and InfoMoney, with the dollar easing to R$5.1404. The streak's exact count varies across outlets — the nearly flat August 20 session (+0.06%) is classed either as a gain or as flat.
What we know
08Verified fact · material
The Ibovespa closed August 18 down 0.22% at 166,409 points, its eleventh consecutive losing session, and the dollar rose 0.40% to R$5.222.
The streak extending to eleven sessions with the currency rising again undoes the stabilization reading suggested the day before.
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The Ibovespa closed August 19 up about 0.9%, ending the eleven-session losing streak, with the dollar easing to around R$5.18.
The month's first positive session breaks the worst streak in three years; the external, not domestic, trigger conditions the reading on the recovery's sustainability.
Transmission to assets
Market read-through
Nine straight losses with a weekly drop above 3% consolidate a picture of domestic risk aversion, with pressured long-term rates as the backdrop. Streaks of this length can precede technical stabilization or further losses, and the available evidence does not separate the two paths.
For the currency, the close above R$5.21 confirms the week's pressure; the next leg depends on US rates, foreign flows and Monday's market reopen.
Portfolio impact
02Extended losing streaks reflect and reinforce the risk premium demanded for local equities; the subsequent path depends on rates, the fiscal picture and foreign flows.
The direction is uncertain because long streaks can precede either technical stabilization or continued losses, and the available evidence does not separate the two scenarios.
What would change the view: The reading improves with stabilization in long-term rates and returning buy-side flows; it worsens with further fiscal deterioration, higher external rates or additional capital outflows.
Domestic risk aversion usually pressures the real via portfolio outflows, but the effect competes with high local rates that reward local-currency positions.
The direction remains uncertain because the dollar's confirmed weekly rise competes with high local rates that reward positions in the real.
What would change the view: Currency pressure would increase with continued equity declines and fiscal deterioration; it would ease with equity stabilization or relief in US rates.
Direction is an explanatory hypothesis, not a forecast or recommendation.
Next signals
What to watch
- The index's reaction to Braskem leaving B3's index portfolios.
- Whether the 172,000-point level holds in coming sessions.
- This week's IPCA-15 and the Jackson Hole symposium (Aug 27-29).
- Foreign flows on B3 after August's record outflow.
Limits of the reporting
What remains uncertain
- The winning-streak count diverges across outlets because the August 20 session (+0.06%) is classed either as a gain or as flat; claims record each close without asserting the ordinal.
- Syndicated copies attributed the August 25 rise to a US-Iran ceasefire rumor citing a Russian agency; the attribution was not confirmed by two groups and is not in the claims.
- Readings of the August 19 close diverge between 167,764 and 167,830 points by outlet.