B3 listed firms raise R$136bn in auction; market cap tops R$5tn

Brazilian listed companies raised R$136 billion in a single auction, pushing the total market value of B3-listed firms above R$5 trillion, per consultancy Elos Ayta. The scale of the capital raise signals strong equity-market activity and investor appetite in Brazil. The figure is a single data point; sustainability of the trend is unverified.