Reuters: US Dollar Report: EMERGING MARKETS-Latin American currencies rise on US debt deal bets

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EMERGING MARKETS-Latin American currencies rise on US debt deal bets Oct 11th 2013, 23:13 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints Related Topics Currencies » Bonds News » Bonds » Markets » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:13pm EDT MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso rose on Friday to a 2-1/2 week high and Brazil's real hit its strongest level in nearly four months as investors bet that the U.S. Congress will reach an agreement to avert a devastating debt default. Riskier assets such as emerging market currencies could extend gains next week if U.S. lawmakers put an end to the government shutdown and increase the U.S. borrowing limit. Failure to raise the limit could spur an unprecedented U.S. debt default that could throw global markets into crisis. * The Brazilian real firmed 0.15 percent to its strongest close since mid-June. Expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates more aggressively, increasing the allure of assets denominated in the local currency, also boosted the real. * Yields on Brazilian interest-rate futures edged higher the central bank will keep raising interest rates toward double digits. * Mexico's peso gained 0.94 percent to 12.9830 per dollar, strengthening past the psychological 13-per-dollar level. * The cost of dollars in Mexican pesos fell below its 50-day moving average, which could bode for further peso gains. * Yields on Mexican peso debt fell sharply, backed by bets that Mexico could cut its benchmark interest rate in October. * While most economists expect the central bank to cut its main rate by 25 basis points to 3.5 percent on Oct. 25, but some are starting to bet on a half-percentage point cut. Latin America FX prices at 2200 GMT: Currencies daily % YTD % change change Latest Brazil real 2.1771 0.15 -6.3 Mexico peso 12.9830 0.94 -0.92 Chile peso 497.8000 -0.18 -3.84 Colombia peso 1881.7800 0.26 -6.15 Peru sol 2.7660 0.14 -7.77 Argentina peso 5.8300 0.00 -15.74 Argentina peso 9.6900 1.03 -30.03 Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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