Brazil's market is in a defensive regime.
Edition no. 6,571 · July 13, 2026 · Regime defensive · for 43 days
Market sentiment worsened. The close took the Perene Index to 91. On the sector side, defensives widened their edge over cyclicals.
Structural mood (Ânima 39) and recent move (80) diverge.
Other times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s — what came next.
- ●A year agoApril 30, 2025Ibovespa that day135,067 ptsthe archive suggested+1% in 6m hist. medianwhat happened in 6 months146,969 pts (+9%)Reread the edition of April 30, 2025 →
- ○Five years agoMay 2021Ibovespa 126,216 → 100,775 pts (-20% in 6m) · reread →
- ○First time in the archiveMay 2000Ibovespa 14,957 → 13,287 pts (-11% in 6m) · reread →
In 59 times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s since 2000, the Ibovespa was higher six months later 56% of the time — median +2.6% — not always upward. Explore the archive →
- 3M: higher 52% · median +1.3%
- 6M: higher 52% · median +3.2%
- 12M: higher 60% · median +1.5%
Observed distribution, not a forecast · e.g. 2014-11, 2014-03, 2011-10 · how the analogs are built →
Other editions the archive read in a market state close to today’s — same neighbourhood of the Perene Risk Index.
Historically similar cases produced a median Ibovespa return of +3.2% over six months, with 52% positive episodes (n=25).
Observed distribution, not a forecast.
- Cyclicals / defensives: defensives ahead, well below its historical norm
- Ibovespa: 175,739 pts, +27.8% in 12 months
The next reading arrives on the next business day — the regime is monthly, and the daily pulse carries the change until month-end.
Regime defensive · for 43 days
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