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Reuters hours ahead with Peru`s pick for finance, prime minister

Reuters hours ahead with Peru`s pick for finance, prime minister

Reuters was hours ahead of Bloomberg and Dow Jones with news that Peru’s leftist President-elect Ollanta Humala had picked two moderates for the crucial posts of finance minister and prime minister. The news pushed Perus stock index up 4 percent and its currency to a three-year high as investors bet Humala would responsibly manage one of the worlds fastest-growing economies.

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