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Brazil Stocks Plunge 17.5% in Worst Week Since 2020 as Macro Funds Lose Up to 24% on Lula Win

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Brazil Stocks Plunge 17.5% in Worst Week Since 2020 as Macro Funds Lose Up to 24% on Lula Win

Brazilian stocks tumbled 17.5% in the week following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s surprise reelection, the market’s worst weekly performance since 2020, while domestic macro hedge funds suffered losses of up to 24% on Monday as bullish bets on challenger Flávio Bolsonaro unwound.

The weeklong slide followed a Monday selloff in which foreign investors pulled R$2.8 billion from the São Paulo stock exchange, the benchmark Ibovespa dropped 13.9% after a 30 minute circuit breaker halt, and the US-listed iShares MSCI Brazil ETF sank 19.8%. The rout also erased roughly $10 billion from the fortunes of Brazil’s richest bankers and put about $6 billion in planned corporate equity offerings in doubt as 10 year government bond yields jumped nearly 275 basis points toward 16% and the real fell about 11% against the dollar.

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35%+0.8%
Policy Reassurance Rally
Lula’s camp moves quickly to calm investors by naming a market-credible economic team, reaffirming central bank autonomy, and promising a revised fiscal framework before inauguration. After a 17.5% weekly drawdown, short-covering and bargain-hunting drive a partial rebound in Brazilian risk assets.
Finance +1.0% · Non-Energy Materials +0.8% · Energy +0.5%
30%−1.1%
Selloff Extends
Investors conclude the rout is not over as Lula advisers emphasize social spending, subsidized credit, and a looser fiscal path. Macro funds continue cutting Brazil exposure, keeping pressure on banks, state-linked companies, and commodity exporters.
Finance −1.5% · Consumer Cyclicals −0.8% · Non-Energy Materials −0.7%
20%+0.4%
Congress Constrains Lula
Brazil’s centrist Congress, the independent central bank, and business lobbies limit the scope of Lula’s economic agenda. Markets remain volatile, but investors begin to price a divided-government outcome rather than a full policy rupture.
Finance +0.5% · Non-Energy Materials +0.4% · Consumer Cyclicals +0.2%
15%−1.4%
Fund Deleveraging Contagion
Losses of up to 24% at macro funds lead to broader emerging-market risk reduction beyond Brazil. The key question is whether the deleveraging remains a positioning event or spreads into wider credit and commodity markets.
Finance −1.5% · Non-Energy Materials −1.5% · Consumer Cyclicals −0.7%

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