Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which rose 4.90% or 1.94 points to trade at 41.55 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 4.40% or 1.86 points to end at 44.16 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was up 3.59% or 1.66 points to 47.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Log Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA (SA:LOGG3), which lost 3.52% or 0.70 points to trade at 19.20 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 2.48% or 0.26 points to end at 10.24 and Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3) shed 2.35% or 0.51 points to 21.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 200 and 30 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.59% to 30.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.35% or 4.45 to $1292.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $52.41 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.38% or 1.40 to trade at $102.70 .
USD/BRL was up 0.54% to 3.7366, while EUR/BRL rose 0.40% to 4.2580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.708.