
Brazil's real hit a two-year low against the dollar while Latin American peers gained. The currency slide followed a major truckers' strike and rising concern over October elections, with a poll showing right-wing and leftist candidates leading.
Investors also reacted to increased state intervention at Petrobras.
A weaker real makes Brazilian soybeans, corn and meal cheaper in dollar terms, which can encourage exports and weigh on US and global prices. Political uncertainty also raises the risk of further currency swings.
Após 301 eventos altista de macro passados, Real brasileiro (BRL por USD) subiu em mediana +0,4% em 5 sessões (57% de alta; metade central de -1,2% a +1,7%), e +1,0% em 20.
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Two-year low on truckers' strike aftermath, election uncertainty and Petrobras intervention worries drove domestic risk premium higher, weakening the real.
Election uncertainty, the truckers' strike aftermath and Petrobras intervention worries hit sentiment and set up the real's slide to a two-year low.