Cash and cash equivalents, financial investments and derivative financial instruments - Financial investments (Detail) - BRL (R$) R$ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents, financial investments and derivative financial instruments
Financial investments in local currency, fixed-income securities and funds	R$ 82,592	R$ 406,683
Derivative financial instruments and other financial assets at fair value (a)	1,162,283	556,510
Total financial investments and derivative financial instruments	1,244,875	963,193
Current	292,934	520,352
Non-current	R$ 951,941	R$ 442,841

A financial asset is any asset that is: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favorable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will or may be settled in the entity's own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to receive a variable number of the entity's own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity's own equity instruments.

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