Brazil's market is in a defensive regime.
Edition no. 6,600 · August 21, 2026 · Regime defensivo · for 82 days · reconstructed essentials · 2 min read
◦ Index methodology v2.2. See the methodology.
The prevailing mood stays depressed. The Perene Index marked 34 at the close. As for composition, utilities lost relative ground.
Other times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s — what came next.
- ●A year agoSeptember 30, 2025Ibovespa that day146,237 ptsthe archive suggested+8% in 6m hist. medianwhat happened in 6 months188,162 pts (+29%)Reread the edition of September 30, 2025 →
- ○Five years agoJune 2021Ibovespa 126,802 → 103,922 pts (-18% in 6m) · reread →
- ○First time in the archiveJanuary 2000Ibovespa 16,388 → 16,290 pts (-1% in 6m) · reread →
In 71 times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s since 2000, the Ibovespa was higher six months later 65% of the time — median +6.3% — not always upward. Explore the archive →
Other editions the archive read in a market state close to today’s — same neighbourhood of the Perene Risk Index.
The global backdrop is neutral and the intermarket neutral.
Observed distribution, not a forecast.
- Ibovespa: 171,032 pts
The next reading arrives on the next business day — the regime is monthly, and the daily pulse carries the change until month-end.
Edition no. 6,600 · Regime defensivo · for 82 days · Radar Perene
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