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Strategies & Market Trends : Telebras (TBH) & Brazil
TBH 0.435+8.7%Jan 2 9:30 AM EST

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To: Steve Fancy who wrote (8565)9/28/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy   of 22640
 
Brazil Bovespa (INDEX:$BVSP.X) jumps on hopes of rates cut

Reuters, Monday, September 28, 1998 at 09:35

SAO PAULO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Brazilian shares rose in
early trade on Monday on optimism U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan will cut U.S. interest rates at its Tuesday
meeting, traders said.
"The market's optimistic we'll see a rates cut tomorrow," a
trader at a local brokerage said.
Sao Paulo's key Bovespa index of the most-traded shares
jumped 3.02 percent to 6,914 points. Traders said expectations
of gains on Wall Street boosted shares.
The Federal Reserve meets tomorrow and is seen cutting
interest rates in the United States, which could make emerging
markets more attractive, traders said.
The most heavily traded shares led the market's rise.
Telebras receipts (SAO:RCTB40) surged 3.51 percent to 88.50
reais while Petrobras preferred jumped 4.88 percent to 129
reais.

Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service
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