The currency had shed about 2.2% on Wednesday after Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction frustrated investors’ expectations as high prices and the dominant role of state-run oil company Petrobras scared off global oil majors. The country held a second disappointing oil auction on Thursday, with major global oil firms passing again. The only block awarded in Thursday’s auction went to Petrobras, and Chinese state firm CNODC, which offered the minimum bid. …read more
Source:: Yahoo Finance
