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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Financial Investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Cash and cash equivalents | Cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its subsidiaries are presented as follows:
|  | 12/31/2018 |  |  | 12/31/2017 |
Cash and bank deposits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
In local currency |  |  | 117,231 |  |  |  | 73,128 |
In foreign currency |  |  | 88,251 |  |  |  | 74,798 |
Financial investments considered cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
In local currency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed-income securities |  |  | 3,722,308 |  |  |  | 4,821,605 |
In foreign currency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed-income securities |  |  | 11,161 |  |  |  | 32,473 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 3,938,951 |  |  |  | 5,002,004 |
Financial investments | The financial investments of the Company and its subsidiaries, which are not classified as cash and cash equivalents, are distributed as follows:
|  | 12/31/2018 |  |  | 12/31/2017 |
Financial investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
In local currency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed-income securities and funds |  |  | 2,537,315 |  |  |  | 1,153,040 |
In foreign currency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed-income securities and funds |  |  | 154,811 |  |  |  | 129,131 |
Currency and interest rate hedging instruments (a) |  |  | 363,329 |  |  |  | 85,753 |
Total financial investments |  |  | 3,055,455 |  |  |  | 1,367,924 |
Current |  |  | 2,853,106 |  |  |  | 1,283,498 |
Non-current |  |  | 202,349 |  |  |  | 84,426 |
(a) | Accumulated gains, net of income tax (see Note 33.j).

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