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Brazil's real strengthened about 4.5% against the dollar in afternoon trading after Jair Bolsonaro's strong first-round showing, while the Ibovespa rose 4.7%. The result set up a tight runoff vote, with analysts expecting a possible shift toward the center.
A sharp real rally lowers the local cost of imported inputs and can reduce Brazilian export competitiveness for soybeans, corn and meal, which tends to ease upward pressure on Brazilian-origin feed prices.
reuters.comGram Slattery, Gabriel StargardterOct 3, 2022After 13 past bearish policy events, Brazilian Real (BRL per USD) moved a median -3.4% over 5 sessions (15% higher; middle half -3.4% to -1.3%), and -1.9% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Bolsonaro's strong first-round showing cut the odds of a Lula first-round win and fueled a roughly 4.5% real rally on 2022-10-03, matching the size and date of the move (sign convention aside, a sharp one-day BRL move).
