Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11), which rose 4.94% or 1.48 points to trade at 31.43 at the close. EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) added 4.40% or 0.40 points to end at 9.49 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was up 3.91% or 0.86 points to 22.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Telefonica Brasil SA (SA:VIVT4), which lost 3.20% or 1.63 points to trade at 49.25 in late trade. Ambev SA (SA:ABEV3) declined 2.35% or 0.56 points to end at 23.29 and Banco Bradesco SA (SA:BBDC3) shed 2.05% or 0.68 points to 32.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 166 and 28 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.22% to 30.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.59% or 21.60 to $1338.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.29 to hit $67.11 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 0.47% or 0.56 to trade at $117.72 .
USD/BRL was up 1.24% to 3.4151, while EUR/BRL rose 0.94% to 4.2114.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 89.46.