Petrobras Increases Bovespa Weighting

Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has increased its weighting in the benchmark Bovespa index from 7.34% to 8.97% and is now only barely 1 percentage point off the index leader Tele Norte Leste Participações SA (Telemar), whose weighting dropped from 9.31% to 8.33%. The revised stock weightings were announced yesterday, Thursday, and will take effect on 2 January. The index is rebalanced every four months.