Brazil's real leads Latam FX lower, eyes on China stimulus
Brazil c.bank announces rollover of swaps maturing in Dec
Mexican Senate passes regulation on popular election of judges
Peru c.bank unexpectedly holds benchmark interest rates
MSCI Latam stocks, FX indices off 0.1% each
Updated at 1900 GMT
By Johann M Cherian
Oct 11 (Reuters) -Most currencies and equities inLatin America were flat to lower on Friday, with Brazil's real hitting a one-month low, as investors assessed U.S. data and awaiteda fiscal stimulus announcement from top resources consumer China.
Brazil'sreal BRL= weakened over 0.8% and was set for its biggest weekly drop in nearly two years, tracking a weekly drop in iron ore prices, the country's top export. IRN/
Worries about fiscal and monetary stability in the country have also weighed on the currency, making it the worst performing currency in the region this year.
Separately, services sector activity, a large contributor to the region's largest economy, unexpectedly fell in August, interrupting a two-month growth streak that had led the sector to reach a record high in July.
MSCI's index tracking currencies .MILA00000CUS slipped 0.1% against a steady dollar and was poised for weekly declines, as commodity exporter economies awaited top consumer China's fiscal stimulus.
The China'sfinance ministry is expected to deliver apress conference on Saturday.
Meanwhile, U.S. datashowed producer prices were little changed in September, causing investors to cement expectations for a smaller interest rate reduction of 25 basis points by the Federal Reserve at its November meeting.
Peru's sol PEN= was flat after slipping nearly1% earlier in the session. The local central bank held the benchmark interest rate at 5.25% in a surprise move on Thursday.
"We expect that, if current trends in inflation and economic conditions persist over the next few months, there likely will be room for further cuts, potentially lowering the policy rate to 4.75% by year-end," said Andrés Abadía, chief LatAm economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
Bucking the trend, Mexico'speso MXN= firmed 0.8% and was set to end the week flat against the greenback. Senatorspassed regulations stipulating how a judicial overhaul that reforms the country's constitution will be implemented to popularly elect judges.
Investors sold off the peso earlier this year on uncertainty over the implications of the judicial overhaul.
Copper producer Chile's peso CLP= and oil exporter Colombia's peso COP= edged up 0.2%and 0.1%respectively.
On the equities front, MSCI'sindex tracking regional bourses .MILA00000PUS dipped 0.1%and was set for its biggest weekly drop since late July.
Brazil's Bovespa .BVSP lost 0.4%, with consumer staples stocksamong top drags.
Colombia's Colcap .COLCAP added 0.6% and Mexico'smain index .MXX slipped 0.1%.
Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies:
Latin American market prices from Reuters | ||
Equities | Latest | Daily % change |
MSCI Emerging Markets .MSCIEF | 1159.9 | 0.25 |
MSCI LatAm .MILA00000PUS | 2192.48 | -0.13 |
Brazil Bovespa .BVSP | 129859.92 | -0.38 |
Mexico IPC .MXX | 52331.62 | -0.11 |
Chile IPSA .SPIPSA | 6554.08 | -0.38 |
Argentina Merval .MERV | 1782989.12 | 0.624 |
Colombia COLCAP .COLCAP | 1318.93 | 0.67 |
Currencies | Latest | Daily % change |
Brazil real BRL= | 5.6293 | -0.85 |
Mexico peso MXN= | 19.2867 | 0.84 |
Chile peso CLP= | 926.48 | 0.26 |
Colombia peso COP= | 4203.49 | 0.10 |
Peru sol PEN= | 3.7198 | Flat |
Argentina peso (interbank) ARS=RASL | 974.5 | 0.05 |
Argentina peso (parallel) ARSB= | 1160 | 1.29 |
Reporting by Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrea Ricci
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