Why Brazilian Stocks Jumped Today Before Giving Back Some Gains

Why Brazilian Stocks Jumped Today Before Giving Back Some Gains

Brazil's investors were ebullient today. Shares of Brazilian stocks of all sorts shot out of the gate Tuesday morning along with the broader market, with financial firms Banco Bradesco (NYSE: BBD) and Itau Unibanco (NYSE: ITUB), meat processor BRF (NYSE: BRFS), and oil major Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR) (NYSE: PBR.A) all notching gains of roughly 10% or more in early trading.