EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil's real drops as optimism over Rousseff remains shaky
October 31, 2014 at 14:01 PM EDT
By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's currency weakened sharply on Friday as investors reconsidered a wave of optimism that took hold in the previous session after the country's central bank unexpectedly raised the benchmark interest rate. The Brazilian real weakened more than 2 percent, just short of erasing the previous day's gains. Brazil's Bovespa stock index continued to rebound from earlier this week when it hit its lowest level since April. The reelection