Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumption and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which rose 11.60% or 1.30 points to trade at 12.51 at the close. Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) added 3.97% or 2.06 points to end at 54.01 and Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3) was up 3.79% or 1.64 points to 44.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which lost 2.90% or 1.11 points to trade at 37.15 in late trade. Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) declined 2.30% or 1.36 points to end at 57.77 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) shed 2.19% or 0.26 points to 11.62.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 226 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.00% to 31.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1241.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.12% or 2.88 to hit $67.07 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.41% or 0.45 to trade at $110.42 .
USD/BRL was up 0.38% to 3.8651, while EUR/BRL rose 0.63% to 4.5274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.25.