Stocks on Brazil's benchmark index rose slightly Wednesday after two days of losses brought on by fears that the U.S. might not pull off a plan to rescue financial companies and prevent a global economic slowdown.Sao Paulo's Ibovespa index closed up 0.5 percent to 49,843. Brazil's currency, the real, fell 1.1 percent against the U.S. dollar.
The Ibovespa fell 3.8 percent a day earlier as investors dumped emerging market shares in favor of investments considered less risky.