Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 1.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which rose 7.51% or 1.94 points to trade at 27.77 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 6.80% or 0.97 points to end at 15.24 and Vale SA (SA:VALE5) was up 6.15% or 1.44 points to 24.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which lost 3.77% or 0.64 points to trade at 16.35 in late trade. Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) declined 2.87% or 0.26 points to end at 8.80 and Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) shed 2.21% or 1.29 points to 57.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 195 to 143 and 35 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.66% to 35.31.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.65 to $1211.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.06 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.87% or 1.41 to trade at $161.57 .
USD/BRL was up 0.10% to 3.3559, while EUR/BRL rose 0.07% to 3.5656.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 101.09.