Brazil markets closed Thursday, Friday for Easter
SAO PAULO, April 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian financial markets will close Thursday and Friday for the Easter holidays.
Local stock exchanges and financial markets will reopen Monday.
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Brazil shrs end firm ahead of holiday, ignore Dow
SAO PAULO, April 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian shares closed higher Wednesday ahead of the Easter break, breaking stride with a falling Dow Jones Industrial index, brokers said.
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''The markets will be closed here, but not everywhere else. So it's better to sell now and rebuild positions when the bolsas reopen next week,'' said a trader.
Despite Telebras' weaker close, analysts said investors approved the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange's (Bovespa) decision to create receipts to allow investors to trade in Telebras after its pre-privatization break up.
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Brazil federal tax receipts up 41 pct in March
BRASILIA, April 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian federal tax receipts totaled 13.9 billion reais ($12.3 billion) in March, the highest ever recorded for the month, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
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Brazil's Central Bank lowers its reais mini-band
SAO PAULO, April 8 (Reuters) - Brazil's Central Bank lowered its mini-band on the real currency by buying dollars at 1.1390 and selling at 1.1440 reais per dollar in the commercial foreign exchange market, dealers said.
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