Economics
Brazil Real Rises Most in Year as Rousseff Faces Neves in Runoff
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Brazil’s real climbed the most since August 2013 as President Dilma Rousseff faced a runoff against surprise second-place candidate Aecio Neves, who has appealed to investors by pledging to slow inflation.
The real rose 3.6 percent to 2.3732 per U.S. dollar at 9:04 a.m. in Sao Paulo after touching a five-year intraday low of