# Spot dollar closes higher for the 5th session despite interventions by the Central Bank | Brasil 247

> The spot dollar closed up 0.24% at 5.6363 reais, rising for a fifth straight session despite two central bank currency auctions. The pressure reflected fiscal balance concerns in Brazil and dollar strength abroad, along with atypical dollar demand tied to an MSCI index rebalance that added Brazilian stocks.

- Date: 2024-08-30 · published 2024-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29018-spot-dollar-closes-higher-for-the-5th-session-despite-interventions-by-the
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A firmer dollar against the real raises the cost of Brazilian export commodities in hard currency and can encourage farmers to hold or sell crops, affecting soybean and meal export pricing.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- USDBRL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2025-12-01 | [Dollar closes higher against the real, bucking the trend abroad \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8062-dollar-closes-higher-against-the-real-bucking-the-trend-abroad-brasil-247.md) | +1.3% | +4.5% |
| USDBRL | 2024-08-30 | [Brazil Real Swings on Fiscal Woes, Central Bank Interventions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29017-brazil-real-swings-on-fiscal-woes-central-bank-interventions.md) | -0.8% | -3.6% |
| USDBRL | 2025-10-30 | [Dollar rises against the real, still influenced by Fed decision \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22619-dollar-rises-against-the-real-still-influenced-by-fed-decision-brasil-247.md) | +0.2% | -0.1% |
| USDBRL | 2025-11-19 | [Dollar rises in the Brazilian market following international movement \| Brasil 247](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22163-dollar-rises-in-the-brazilian-market-following-international-movement-brasil-247.md) | +1.3% | +3.8% |
| USDBRL | 2020-03-18 | [Brazil central bank FX, bond intervention fails to prevent market rout](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6393-brazil-central-bank-fx-bond-intervention-fails-to-prevent-market-rout.md) | +1.1% | +3.8% |
| SBM | 2024-08-30 | [Brazil Real Swings on Fiscal Woes, Central Bank Interventions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29017-brazil-real-swings-on-fiscal-woes-central-bank-interventions.md) | +3.0% | +4.7% |
| SBM | 2019-08-27 | [Brazil central bank to continue FX intervention on Wednesday as real nears record low - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57788-brazil-central-bank-to-continue-fx-intervention-on-wednesday-as-real-nears.md) | -1.7% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2019-06-27 | [Brazil's central bank slashes 2019 GDP growth forecast, sees benign inflation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58795-brazil-s-central-bank-slashes-2019-gdp-growth-forecast-sees-benign-inflation.md) | -2.4% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- en.brasil247.com: https://en.brasil247.com/economia/dolar-a-vista-fecha-em-alta-pela-5-sessao-apesar-de-intervencoes-do-bc

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