Reuters: US Dollar Report: Brazil real weakens 1 pct as traders fight over month-end rate

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Brazil real weakens 1 pct as traders fight over month-end rate Nov 29th 2012, 14:54 RIO DE JANEIRO | Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:54am EST RIO DE JANEIRO Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real briefly weakened 1 percent on Thursday as traders tried to obtain a favorable month-end Ptax -- an official exchange rate which is used to settle everything from export payments to foreign loans. Some investors also pushed the real lower to test the central bank's tolerance to a weaker exchange rate. Last week, the bank intervened to halt the currency's slide when the real neared the level of 2.12 per dollar. The real last traded 0.8 percent weaker at 2.1070 per dollar, minutes after weakening to as much as 2.1104 per greenback.

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