Brazil Assets Sink as Poll Stokes Jitters Over Lula Election Win
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaBrazilian markets slumped Tuesday on a poll that showed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead in next year’s election, leaving investors increasingly wary about the outlook for Latin America’s largest economy.Lula leads against all potential challengers in first-round and runoff scenarios, according to the survey from Genial/Quaest. The president would take 41% of votes against 23% for Flavio Bolsonaro and 10% for Tarcisio de Freitas, who investors favor, in a first-round race in which both conservative politicians ran.