Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3), which rose 4.82% or 0.58 points to trade at 12.61 at the close. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) added 3.92% or 0.62 points to end at 16.45 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) was up 3.74% or 0.32 points to 8.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3), which lost 4.62% or 0.97 points to trade at 20.02 in late trade. RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) declined 2.07% or 0.27 points to end at 12.75 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) shed 1.60% or 0.29 points to 17.83.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 225 to 206 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.33% to 33.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.62% or 7.90 to $1281.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.57% or 0.90 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.86% or 1.10 to trade at $129.67 .
USD/BRL was down 0.44% to 3.2584, while EUR/BRL fell 0.53% to 3.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.84.