# Stock market and dollar quotes this Wednesday (4) - 04/11/2026 - Economy - Folha

> Brazil's Ibovespa closed up 1.20% at 167,525 points on Wednesday, snapping six sessions of decline. The dollar fell 0.65% to R$5.450 after Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in the midterm elections, a defeat for President Trump.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-05T03:08:55.880Z
- Category: macro · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81004-stock-market-and-dollar-quotes-this-wednesday-4-04-11-2026-economy-folha
- Commodities: [Brazilian Real (BRL per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDBRL.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker dollar and the US political shift tend to ease pressure on emerging-market currencies, which can lower Brazilian feed-ingredient import costs. Investors also await the Copom decision on the Selic rate, which is expected to hold at 13.75%.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDBRL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USDBRL | 2023-11-08 | [Emerging market currencies to claw back ground in 2024 as dollar fades: Reuters poll](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33378-emerging-market-currencies-to-claw-back-ground-in-2024-as-dollar-fades-reuters.md) | -0.2% | +0.7% |
| USDBRL | 2018-06-29 | [Brazil's currency and stock market recover on Thursday, helped by opinion poll — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64737-brazil-s-currency-and-stock-market-recover-on-thursday-helped-by-opinion-poll.md) | +1.3% | -3.7% |
| USDBRL | 2022-05-26 | [Emerging-markets currencies stay strong despite dollar’s rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41608-emerging-markets-currencies-stay-strong-despite-dollar-s-rise.md) | -1.5% | +8.0% |
| USDBRL | 2026-10-07 | [Dollar drops below 5 reais as Brazil's right-wing surge reshuffles markets \| 24EcoNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4936-dollar-drops-below-5-reais-as-brazil-s-right-wing-surge-reshuffles-markets.md) | +1.3% | — |
| USDBRL | 2017-11-06 | [U.S. Dollar Slides Against Emerging Markets on Low Yields - WSJ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68183-u-s-dollar-slides-against-emerging-markets-on-low-yields-wsj.md) | -0.4% | -2.2% |
| DXY | 2022-05-25 | [As U.S. economy’s exceptionalism fades, so does the dollar - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41618-as-u-s-economy-s-exceptionalism-fades-so-does-the-dollar-the-globe-and-mail.md) | +0.1% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2020-12-04 | [USD: An important week for the dollar bear trend - ING: Analytics and Market news from 4 December 2020 12:07](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49847-usd-an-important-week-for-the-dollar-bear-trend-ing-analytics-and-market-news.md) | -0.0% | -1.0% |
| DXY | 2023-11-03 | [Stocks jump, dollar and yields drop after US jobs market softens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11458-stocks-jump-dollar-and-yields-drop-after-us-jobs-market-softens.md) | -0.6% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- www1.folha.uol.com.br: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2026/11/dolar-abre-em-queda-com-vitoria-democrata-nos-eua-juros-futuros-ficam-de-lado-a-espera-do-copom.shtml

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