Brazil’s Financial Morning Call for January 6, 2026

This is part of The Rio Times’ daily Brazil Financial Morning Call, covering Latin American financial markets.

Today’s Key Themes

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• Chinese automakers accelerating local factory investments in Brazil → long-term industrial shift amid rising import tariffs

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• Inflation expectations tick higher near ceiling → Selic cuts still gradual, rates heavy

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• Ibovespa rebound continues → housing-led risk-on tone

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• Key data watch: Brazil’s S&P Global Services/Composite PMI today + U.S. PMIs

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• Broader risk: Fading geopolitical noise supports EM flows, but fiscal/external pressures cap upside

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\nLatin America’s markets continue the trading week, with Brazil’s B3 in São Paulo set to provide the region’s deepest liquidity for equities, futures, and currency products. Mexico’s Bolsa Mexicana de Valores is also scheduled to open normally.
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Top Story: Chinese Car Brands Shift to Local Factory Takeover in Brazil

\nChinese automakers are moving beyond the import boom to establish factories and local production in Brazil, driven by escalating import taxes on electric and hybrid vehicles (from 10% to 18% in 2024, 25% in 2025, and 35% scheduled for 2026).
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\nMajor players include BYD (acquired Ford’s Bahia plant for R$5.5 billion, targeting 150,000 vehicles/year and 20,000 jobs), Great Wall Motor (bought Mercedes plant in São Paulo, initial ~30,000 vehicles/year), Geely (26.4% stake in Renault Brazil), and GAC (R$6 billion commitment over five years for late 2026 manufacturing).
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\nThis shift turns the market into an industrial contest, boosting electrification and potential job creation, but raises questions on local value addition vs. foreign supply chains. Investors see it as positive for long-term Brazil auto sector resilience and FDI inflows amid global trade tensions.
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Economic Agenda for January 6, 2026

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Brazil

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• 03:00 PM BRT – IPC-Fipe Inflation Index (MoM) (Dec) Act: 0.32% Prev: 0.20%

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• 08:00 AM BRT – S&P Global Composite PMI (Dec)

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• 08:00 AM BRT – S&P Global Services PMI (Dec)

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• 01:00 PM BRT – Trade Balance (Dec) Cons: 6.39B Prev: 5.84B

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Mexico

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• 07:00 AM BRT – Consumer Confidence

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• 07:00 AM BRT – Consumer Confidence n.s.a. Prev: 44.2 / 44.0

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Argentina

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• No major releases today (limited public data; focus on ongoing funding/reserves dynamics).

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Chile

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• No major releases today (copper-linked sentiment dominant).

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Colombia

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• No major releases today (oil/equity rally in focus).

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United States

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• 08:00 AM BRT – FOMC Member Barkin Speaks

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• 09:45 AM BRT – S&P Global Composite PMI (Dec) Cons: 53.0 Prev: 54.2

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• 09:45 AM BRT – Services PMI (Dec) Cons: 52.9 Prev: 54.1

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EU

\nVarious regional CPI and PMI releases (e.g., German CPI (MoM) Cons: 0.3% Prev: -0.2%, German HICP, French/German/Italian/Spanish/EU Composite/Services PMIs around 03:00–04:00 AM BRT).
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UK

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• 04:00 AM BRT onward – Various PMI prints (e.g., Composite/Services).

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China

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• No major releases today (focus on commodity impacts like copper/iron ore).

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\nImplication: Brazil’s IPC-Fipe (São Paulo inflation) and Services/Composite PMIs provide early insight into consumer prices and services resilience amid manufacturing weakness; Trade Balance highlights export strength (oil/commodities).
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\nMexico’s Consumer Confidence tests sentiment. U.S. PMIs + Barkin speech are critical for global risk, dollar direction, commodity demand, and EM carry trades. EU/UK PMIs add to global services health view; softer prints could support BRL and LatAm assets.
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\n(Note: Focus Report shows 2026 IPCA inflation at 4.06% near upper target ceiling (up slightly); Selic to ease to 12.25% end-2026 amid heavy rates due to debt (70.2% GDP), deficits, current-account gap.)
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Brazil’s Markets Yesterday (Monday, January 5, 2026)

\nIbovespa +0.83% to 161,869.76 (range 160,214.70–162,165.72) on turnover R$24.90 billion ($4.6 billion). Housing plays led (MRV +6.09%, Cyrela +5.47%, Direcional +5.14%, Cury +4.44%) on Minha Casa Minha Vida credit support; Embraer +4.85%, Vale aided by firmer iron ore.
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\nUptrend intact with momentum picking up — early Jan. 6 futures higher (Ibovespa ~164,379; mini ~162,700–162,705).
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\n(Note: Brazil oil output +13.9% YoY in Nov to 3.773M bpd crude / 4.921M boe/d total; pre-salt 79.6%; monthly offshore swings from maintenance/commissioning.)
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Currency

\nBrazilian Real ↑ – USD/BRL held near 5.41 (close 5.4055, -0.37%; range ~5.3952–5.4535), supported by fading geopolitics, softer U.S. data (ISM weakness), and DXY ~98.24.
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Companies and Market

\nFocus on housing sector strength (MRV, Cyrela, Direcional, Cury leading); broader risk-on in rate-sensitive/commodity names. No other major individual headlines.
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U.S. Markets Yesterday

\nNo regular session (Monday, January 5, 2026 — markets closed or no new print; reference prior Friday Jan 3: S&P 500 +1.3% to 5,942.47, Dow +0.8% to 42,732.13, Nasdaq +1.8% to 19,621.68; Big Tech rebound led by Nvidia/Tesla).
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\nRegional Peers — Mixed to positive: Colombia peso firms/oil-led equity rally tests highs | Mexico peso holds firm/stocks rebound | Argentina calm peso masks high-stakes funding test | Chile juggles record copper/softer dollar/crowded peso shorts.
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\nNote: Crypto rallies into 2026 on ETF inflows ($471M Bitcoin, $174M Ether), leverage, softer dollar (Bitcoin ~$93,300–$93,500; Ether ~$3,220–$3,230); overbought risks persist.
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B3 · pre-open setup
Jul 16, 2026 · 10:58

Ibovespa · benchmark

176,010.90
-0.36%

L 173,909day rangeH 176,011

+28.38% over 12 months

Market breadth · 33 names

24% advancing

8 ▲ advancing25 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

USD / BRL

5.10

+0.38%

EUR / BRL

5.84

+0.53%

Selic rate

14.25%

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Brent crude

85.42

+0.55%

Iron ore

161.91

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Sector heatmap · average move today

Energy

+0.32%

PETR4, PRIO3

Consumer Staples

+0.19%

SLCE3, ABEV3

Materials

+0.16%

SUZB3, KLABIN

Other

-1.07%

BRENT, WTI, IRON ORE, GOLD

Industrials

-1.18%

WEGE3, RENT3

Mining

-1.25%

VALE3, CSNA3, GGBR4

Financials

-1.54%

ITUB4, BBDC4, BBAS3, B3SA3

Utilities

-2.26%

ENEV3

Consumer Disc.

-2.47%

AZZA3, LREN3

Latin America scoreboard

IndexLastTodayStrength

IbovespaBrazil
176,010.90
-0.36%

S&P/BMV IPCMexico
66,409.65
-0.18%

S&P IPSAChile
10,947.38
-0.70%

S&P MERVALArgentina
3,291,246
+0.00%

MSCI COLCAPColombia
2,292.03
-0.29%

BVL S&P PerúPeru
57,174.37
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Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
IBOV	176,010.90	-0.36%	+28.38%	176,641.10	176,011	173,909	—
USD/BRL	5.10	+0.38%	-8.14%	5.08	5.10	5.07	—
EUR/BRL	5.84	+0.53%	-9.40%	5.81	5.84	5.81	—
SELIC	14.25%		—	—	—	—	—
BRENT	85.42	+0.55%	+24.66%	84.95	86.26	83.83	20,905
WTI	80.02	+0.53%	+20.55%	79.60	80.87	78.91	79,234
IRON ORE	161.91	—	+66.81%		161.91	161.91	1
GOLD	3,991	-1.31%	+19.04%	4,044	4,072	3,977	78,240
SILVER	55.98	-1.98%	+47.89%	57.11	58.23	55.66	25,093
LITHIUM	69.36	-2.39%	+74.58%	71.06	69.99	69.15	54,733
SOY	1,201	-0.10%	+18.50%	1,202	1,207	1,197	38,497
CORN	467.50	+4.47%	+15.36%	447.50	474.25	467.00	71,803
WHEAT	677.75	+0.04%	+25.22%	677.50	698.25	669.50	58,469
COFFEE	316.35	-5.41%	+0.57%	334.45	325.00	316.05	6,795
SUGAR	14.47	-2.56%	-12.62%	14.85	14.86	14.37	43,479
ORANGE JUICE	136.00	-2.05%	-56.31%	138.85	142.00	135.65	210
COTTON	79.83	-0.91%	+19.24%	80.56	81.75	79.75	9,414
BEEF	225.45	-2.03%	+0.69%	230.13	226.33	225.03	3,748
CATTLE	349.43	-0.15%	+7.33%	349.95	350.65	348.65	1,115
COCOA	5,514	-3.89%	-33.74%	5,737	6,013	5,500	8,409
PETR4	40.84	+0.62%	+28.06%	40.59	40.86	40.38	1,740,500
VALE3	73.38	-1.52%	+34.72%	74.51	74.08	73.27	1,525,400
SUZB3	41.66	+0.43%	-17.22%	41.48	41.70	41.38	93,100
KLABIN	17.37	-0.12%	-7.69%	17.39	17.47	17.32	66,600
SLCE3	13.56	+0.44%	-16.94%	13.50	13.67	13.44	139,000
ABEV3	15.56	-0.06%	+13.67%	15.57	15.59	15.46	1,825,800
ITUB4	42.48	-1.53%	+24.28%	43.14	43.23	42.41	1,912,700
BBDC4	18.24	-1.94%	+13.64%	18.60	18.54	18.19	1,720,100
BBAS3	20.51	-0.19%	-1.68%	20.55	20.82	20.46	3,261,900
B3SA3	15.30	-2.49%	+11.92%	15.69	15.72	15.24	4,573,400
WEGE3	44.02	-0.54%	+7.08%	44.26	44.35	43.92	271,800
PRIO3	57.51	+0.02%	+35.69%	57.50	57.81	57.22	342,600
RENT3	39.62	-1.81%	+7.19%	40.35	40.25	39.57	714,600
AZZA3	18.48	-0.96%	-49.30%	18.66	18.74	18.44	189,800
CSNA3	5.15	-1.72%	-35.75%	5.24	5.20	5.11	1,060,700
GGBR4	24.08	-0.50%	+45.31%	24.20	24.12	23.80	657,000
ENEV3	26.34	-2.26%	+88.85%	26.95	26.88	26.31	131,900
LREN3	13.54	-3.97%	-26.67%	14.10	14.15	13.50	1,781,100

Largest moves today

COFFEE
316.35
-5.41%

CORN
467.50
+4.47%

LREN3
13.54
-3.97%

COCOA
5,514
-3.89%

SUGAR
14.47
-2.56%

B3SA3
15.30
-2.49%

LITHIUM
69.36
-2.39%

ENEV3
26.34
-2.26%

The session read

The Ibovespa eased 0.36%, with breadth negative — 8 of 33 names higher. Energy led, while Consumer Disc. lagged.

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