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By analyzing a portion of the Brazilian financial market, according to the daily value of its shares traded on the largest stock exchange in the country, the B3 stock exchange, offering possibilities to understand more clearly the behavior of the stock market according to growth, decrease, and even the stability of the values traded on the stock market in question. Thus, this research presents an analysis using Pearson's correlation coefficient and offers elements to affirm or refute the idea of proximity between companies in the same sector or not. By proposing the application of this methodology in the segment of home appliances, miscellaneous products, and fabrics, clothing and footwear, it is possible to point out how closely these companies are interconnected in terms of stock price variability. Thus, the objective was to observe not only the behavior of the stock price of the companies of the sector in question during a given period, as well as the intensity of variation between the same measures by the correlation coefficient, but also to evaluate the use of this coefficient as a proposal. methodological approach to assess the proximity between the companies. As a result, it was concluded that the largest proximityis between companies of the same segment. |
