RTRS:Brazil's real weakens more than 1 pct versus dollar
May 9 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real weakened in spot market trading on Wednesday.
At 9:17 a.m. (1237 GMT) the real lost 1.02 percent to a bid price of 1.9583 to the U.S. dollar.
The real has slipped 4.76 percent against the dollar in 2012, following a series of central bank currency interventions and a fall in Brazil's benchmark interest rate.