EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil markets bounce on XP poll, wider EM gains

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SAO PAULO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Brazilian markets ticked higher on Friday, bolstered by a new presidential election poll and by a broader emerging markets rally, sending the benchmark Bovespa index up more than half a percentage point as the real currency gained about 0.4 percent. “(The picture for) emerging markets was that of relief and, since the dollar went up by a lot yesterday, it opened trying to take profits,” said Fernanda Consorte, a foreign exchange strategist with Ourinvest bank. The market movement followed a private poll by XP Investimentos that still put far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro comfortably ahead in the first round, but had a four-way tie for runner-up, including market-favorite Geraldo Alckmin. Bolsonaro and his runner-up are expected to compete in a second round of voting following the vote on Oct. 7. Still, there was caution on Friday in the lead-up to the release of yet another electoral poll, this time by Datafolha, considered the gold standard in electoral polling in Brazil, that will be released only after the markets close. While the Brazilian real was up on Friday, making up some of Thursday’s losses when the currency closed at an all-time low, the rest of the region’s currencies were down against the dollar, particularly the Chilean peso, which was down almost 1 percent. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 1528 GMT:

Stock indexes daily % YTD % Latest change change MSCI Emerging Markets 1017.64 1.3 -12.16 MSCI LatAm 2427.84 0.04 -14.15 Brazil Bovespa 75136.76 0.6 -1.66 Mexico IPC 49607.47 -0.17 0.51 Argentina MerVal 30333.04 1.03 0.89 Colombia IGBC 12292.15 0.26 8.10 Venezuela IBC 367989.81 3.75 29032.94 Currencies daily % YTD % change change

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Brazil real 4.1751 0.48 -20.64 Mexico peso 18.8547 -0.14 4.48 Chile peso 686.05 -0.68 -10.41 Colombia peso 3021.55 -0.18 -1.31 Peru sol 3.316 -0.06 -2.38 Argentina peso (interbank) 39.8100 0.23 -53.28 Argentina peso (parallel) 38.75 0.00 -50.37

Reporting by Marcelo Rochabrun and Camila Moreira Editing by Phil Berlowitz