Americanas shares signaled a strong drop this Thursday (19), after the company announced that it is working with the possibility of filing for bankruptcy “in the next few days or potentially in the next few hours”.
Around 9:50 am, the shares pointed to an 8% drop, at R$ 1.60, in the opening auction of business on the São Paulo stock exchange, which opens at 10 am, further increasing the losses since the outbreak of the scandal. Before the announcement of the “accounting inconsistencies” of BRL 20 billion, on the last 11th, the shares were worth BRL 12.
The company stated that its cash position is BRL 800 million, of which a “significant portion” was “unjustifiably unavailable for handling on yesterday’s date”.
The day before, the Justice of Rio de Janeiro reversed the decision that protected Americanas from being charged by BTG Pactual on a debt of R$ 1.2 billion with the bank. Bradesco also asked that the court only allow the company to withdraw funds from the bank with prior approval.
“The scenario continues to deteriorate rapidly for Americanas, which so far has brought little or no positive news in terms of negotiations with creditors”, said the team at Guide Investimentos in a note to clients.
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