The pressure is on Brazil’s re-elected president to avoid an economic slump
Brazil’s main stock market index dropped to a two-month low after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured a surprise victory.
Brazil stock exchange halts trading after Lula re-election as the real and stocks tumble amid market volatility.
The country’s stocks, bonds and currency plunge after the socialist wins.
The iShares Brazil ETF fell as much as 26% after Lula da Silva beat Flávio Bolsonaro, who prediction markets had at 80%, while the dollar jumped as much as 12% against the real.
Spanish and Portuguese stocks were especially hard hit by the election result, with shares in Spain’s largest bank, Santander, down close to 4%.
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