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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

NOTE 4 — CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

Cash and cash equivalents

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2025

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2024

Cash

 

14,710

 

16,245

Banks and immediately available investments

 

5,914,460

 

7,751,568

Cash and cash equivalents

 

5,929,170

 

7,767,813

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Immediately available investments include investments with maturity of up to 90 days or readily redeemable, that means, those that have immediate liquidity and low risk of fair value variation.

Short-term investments

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2025

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2024

Short-term investments

 

445,627

 

509,030

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Short-term investments include securities held for immediate trading or available for future sale and substantially include amounts in investment funds, whose portfolio is composed of Bank Deposit Certificates, government bonds, financial bills and debentures, among others, which are used to manage the cash from the Company’s operating activities and recorded at fair value. Income generated by these investments is recorded as financial income.