Brazil’s real jumps after Bolsonaro leads election first round

Brazil’s real jumped more than 4% against the US dollar on Monday morning amid a strong showing in early trading, after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro outperformed private poll predictions and took the lead in Sunday’s presidential election first round. Bolsonaro and his chief rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, were the frontrunners in a … Continue reading Brazil’s real jumps after Bolsonaro leads election first round