Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange

The Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro, or BVRJ) is Brazil's second largest exchange after the Bovespa stock exchange in São Paulo, and the oldest of Brazilian stock exchanges in activity. Its inauguration occurred in July 14, 1820, 3 years after the 1st Brazilian stock exchange inaugurated, the today inative Salvador Exchange;^[1] and before the Brazilian Independence process began.
It was from its beginning through the early 1970s, the most important Brazilian Exchange. Following the 1971 markets crash's effects, little by little has been losing ground for the Bovespa. Having, after a national market stock markets crash in 1989, lost definitively the rank as the main stock exchange of the country and Latin America, for the São Paulo's Exchange. Since, BVRJ having been trading in government bonds and currencies on the electronic Sisbex system, with the trading hours being from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. It was sold on April 11, 2002 to BM&F.^[2]

See also

• List of stock exchanges
• Bovespa (State of São Paulo Stock Exchange)
• Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F)
• Maringá Mercantile and Futures Exchange

External links

• Bolsa de Valores de Rio de Janeiro website
• | Rio Stock Exchange a broader and detailed article of the Wikipedia in (Portuguese)
• Naji Nahas Article of Wikipedia in (Portuguese) about the man who was the main character in the events that led to the breakdown of the Rio Stock Exchange in June, 1989

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