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By Bruno Federowski BRASILIA, September 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian markets have progressed Friday after a poll of opinion suggested the rightwing legislator Jair Bolsonaro would do well against his main rival in a likely second round vote in this year 's presidential election. Bolsonaro hired a banker trained by the University of Chicago Paulo Guedes, his main economic adviser, encourages investors to bet he would act strongly to reduce government spending and curb the growth of the public debt. Apparent contradictions between Guedes and Bolsonaro have raised questions about the legislator's commitment to market-friendly reforms. Nevertheless, investors still prefer him on the leftist Fernando Haddad, who seems most likely to reach the second round. A telephone survey published by XP Investimentos showed Bolsonaro remains in the lead in the first round but technically tied with Haddad in the second round. Rejection of Bolsonaro rate, however, was smaller than that of Haddad, being run unlike other recent polls that have shown the opposite. The Brazilian stock index jumped 2%, the main gains in the region as blue-chips such as Vale SA and Petróleo Brasileiro SA have increased. Brazilian real firmed up 0.9% at 4.04 dollar - a month's high - a day when the currencies of Mexico , Colombia and Chile were either flat or slightly higher. "The XP survey makes investors happy, but there is little room for the currency to appreciate after 4.05 ", Miriam Tavares, head of currency trading at AGK, said. The Argentine peso was the biggest winner Latin-American currency markets, up nearly 2 percent the central bank has refrained from intervening. The peso was pushed higher this week by optimism that the government will sign a revised emergency funding agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which will include tax measures. Main Latin American stock market indices and currencies at 17:20 GMT: Daily Market Index% YTD% change the change Latest MSCI Emerging Markets 1036.93 0.57 -10.49 MSCI LatAm 2509.66 0.32 -11.26 Bovespa Brazil 79713.55 2.05 4.33 Mexico IPC 49696.75 0.38 0.69 Chile IPSA 5421.35 -0.46 -0.46 Argentina MerVal 34217.88 -0.86 13.81 Colombia CIGB 12265.06 0.48 7.87 Currencies daily% YTD% change the change Latest Brazilian Real 4.0350 0.89 -17.89 Mexican peso 18.8126 0.03 4.71 Chilean Peso 664.1 0.47 -7.45 Colombian peso 3000.35 0.15 -0.61 Peru soil 3.289 0.21 -1.58 Argentine Peso (interbank) 37,5500 1,86 -50,47 Argentine Peso (Parallel) 38.25 1.31 -49.73 (Reportage by Bruno Federowski; Additional report by Claudia Violante in São Paulo Edited by Alistair Bell)
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