São Paulo, 4 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The São Paulo Stock Exchange closed Friday with a high in trading of 2.71% and with the Ibovespa index registering 14,414 points. A total of 70,221,278 stocks were traded, involving a financial volume of R$ 896,877,000 (approx. US$ 382.8 million).

The commercial U.S. dollar rate was posted on the currency exchange at R$ 2.342 for purchase and R$ 2.344 for sale. (MW)