Brazil Assets Slump as Left Advances One Month Ahead of Election

Brazilian markets dropped as a poll showed left-wing candidates gaining support while those favored by investors stalled out with less than a month to go until the presidential election. The real and the benchmark stock index were the worst performers among major markets globally Tuesday, erasing all gains posted after last week’s knife attack targeting conservative Jair Bolsonaro spurred speculation his candidacy would get a boost. Candidates on the left, who investors fear would backtrack on efforts to shore up Brazil’s fiscal accounts, were the only ones who gained support at a level that exceeded the margin of error in a Datafolha poll released last night.