LIMA (Reuters) - Left-wing former army commander Ollanta Humala won Peru's presidential election and vowed the poor will share in the country's new wealth but financial markets plunged on fears that he will ruin the economy.
Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, conceded defeat on Monday as results from over 90 percent of ballot boxes gave Humala a lead of more than 2.7 percentage points.
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