EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks, currency rise on local politics, austerity measures

(Updates with closing prices) By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, May 24 (Reuters) - Brazil's stocks and currency rose slightly on Tuesday after a minister accused of seeking to hamper a corruption probe stepped down, while traders cheered the announcement of austerity measures by interim President Michel Temer. Romero Juca's resignation as planning minister on Monday was seen by traders as a swift response by Temer's center-right government to its first major scandal, which helped dri