After touching a 1-week low of 1.8060 by about 9:00 am ET, the Brazilian real ticked up against the US dollar in New York afternoon trading on Friday. The real advanced to 1.7740 versus the greenback at about 2:05 pm ET, compared to 1.7880 hit late New York Thursday. At present, the pair is worth 1.7785.

Friday, Brazil's statistical office IBGE said in a report that the industrial production decreased 7.2% year-on-year in August. Economists expected a decline of 7.3%.

On a monthly basis, industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 1.2% in August, faster than the 1.1% rise expected by economists.

For the January to August period, industrial production fell 12.1% compared to the same period of the previous year.

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