Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electric Power, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Banco Santander Brasil SA (SA:SANB11), which rose 5.48% or 1.44 points to trade at 27.73 at the close. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) added 5.30% or 0.31 points to end at 6.16 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) was up 4.08% or 1.45 points to 36.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3), which lost 4.47% or 0.41 points to trade at 8.76 in late trade. Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) declined 2.83% or 0.47 points to end at 16.11 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) shed 2.67% or 0.380 points to 13.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 218 to 169 and 32 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.18% to 39.29.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.71% or 8.70 to $1208.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.42% or 0.67 to trade at $158.38 .
USD/BRL was down 1.07% to 3.3827, while EUR/BRL fell 1.35% to 3.5839.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 101.34.