Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electric Power, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which rose 4.10% or 0.63 points to trade at 15.99 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 3.59% or 1.09 points to end at 31.44 and Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) was up 2.69% or 0.38 points to 14.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3), which lost 4.90% or 1.25 points to trade at 24.24 in late trade. Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) declined 4.27% or 2.09 points to end at 46.80 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) shed 3.02% or 1.86 points to 59.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 192 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.04% to 52.87 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.07% or 1.10 to trade at $101.40 .
USD/BRL was up 0.05% to 4.0867, while EUR/BRL rose 0.07% to 4.7391.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.12.