Commodities slumped to a five-year low led by gasoline and agriculture products grown in Brazil on speculation a slump in the country’s currency will fuel exports.
The Bloomberg Commodity Index dropped 0.6 percent at 1:56 p.m. in London after falling to the lowest since July 2009. Raw sugar futures fell 1.6 percent and soybeans dropped 0.4 percent. Brazil is the biggest exporter of both commodities.
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election damped speculation for a change in policies, sending the real down 2.1 percent today. The real weakened 33 percent against the dollar since Rousseff took office in January 2011. Declines in the Brazilian currency tend to encourage export sales of products traded in dollars.
Bloomberg
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