Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3), which rose 14.49% or 1.00 points to trade at 7.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) added 8.26% or 0.28 points to end at 3.67 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 6.38% or 0.30 points to 5.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oi SA (SA:OIBR4), which fell 4.09% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.52 at the close. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) declined 3.65% or 1.99 points to end at 52.51 and Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) was down 3.26% or 1.00 points to 29.67.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 164 to 146 and 7 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.06% to 47.95.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.86% or 9.90 to $1138.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.80% or 1.81 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 1.94% or 2.44 to trade at $128.47 .
USD/BRL was down 2.45% to 3.7894, while EUR/BRL fell 2.16% to 4.2725.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.40.