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But it wasn't enough for energy investors as oil prices again sank below $30 a barrel.
Analysts speculate that OPEC and Russia could agree to a production freeze.
Russia's Energy Minister Novak has said he could consider output cuts if other producers joined in.
BRICS countries represent 43 per cent of the world’s population.
Trade with China's three biggest trade partners, the EU, the US and the Asian bloc ASEAN, all dropped around 10%.
Brazil's President on Saturday vowed her country would host a successful Olympic Games this year despite the outbreak of the virus.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said this "would complicate the regional stability situation".
The deal comes as a Syrian group says 470,000 have been killed in the five-year conflict.
The government believes that as many as 1.5 million Brazilians may have been infected by Zika so far.
He also promised that state-owned companies "that are no longer relevant to our development agenda will be phased out".
