Latin American currencies strengthened on Monday as crude prices rebounded, supporting demand for higher-risk assets.
Oil prices gained 2.5 percent after falling as much as 2 percent ahead of a meeting of major producers on Wednesday.
Currencies from oil-heavy economies, such as the Colombian and Mexican peso , rose sharply.
The Brazilian real tagged along as investors held off making risky bets ahead of a central bank meeting and gross domestic product figures later this week. Risk appetite drove other emerging markets higher, with the South African rand strengthening 2 percent after rating agencies affirmed the country’s investment grade credit rating.
Brazilian stocks inched up, though gains were limited by concerns that a political scandal could delay the country’s fiscal adjustment.
One of Brazilian President Michel Temer’s closest aides resigned on Friday following allegations he pressured the culture minister to approve a property development plan, unsettling investors with the prospect of renewed political turmoil in Latin America’s largest economy. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 1500 GMT: Stock indexes daily % YTD %
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trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.
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