Brazil stocks jump most since March 2020 after Bolsonaro leads election first round
Brazil's benchmark stock index Bovespa jumped 7.7% to a new closing record of 206,911.89 points, the largest gain since March 2020. The Brazilian real strengthened 4.12% against the dollar to 5.00 per greenback.
SAO PAULO, Oct 5 (Reuters) — Brazil's benchmark stock index Bovespa on Monday jumped the most since March 2020, and the real currency rallied after senator Flavio Bolsonaro unexpectedly led President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the first round of elections. S. 00 per greenback, the lowest closing level since May 21 Interest rate futures closed down more than 130 basis points for some maturities (Reporting by Igor Sodre, Fabricio de Castro, Fernando Cardoso and Andre Romani in Sao Paulo; editing by Gabriel Araujo)