Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which rose 4.75% or 1.31 points to trade at 28.90 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) added 4.53% or 1.12 points to end at 25.86 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was up 3.70% or 0.56 points to 15.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3), which lost 2.72% or 1.26 points to trade at 45.04 in late trade. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) declined 2.70% or 0.390 points to end at 14.070 and Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4) shed 2.15% or 1.24 points to 56.46.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 162 and 33 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.64% to 37.68.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.30 to $1183.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.11% or 1.97 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.25% or 1.97 to trade at $155.80 .
USD/BRL was up 0.70% to 3.4152, while EUR/BRL rose 1.08% to 3.6176.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.48.