Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3), which rose 7.56% or 3.00 points to trade at 42.70 at the close. Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) added 4.17% or 1.54 points to end at 38.49 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 3.58% or 0.33 points to 9.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3), which lost 2.53% or 1.57 points to trade at 60.59 in late trade. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) declined 2.29% or 0.44 points to end at 18.81 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) shed 1.91% or 0.35 points to 17.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.47% to 32.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1216.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.95 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.12% or 0.13 to trade at $106.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.26% to 3.7600, while EUR/BRL fell 0.09% to 4.3410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.07.