Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 5.22% or 0.96 points to trade at 19.34 at the close. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) added 4.91% or 1.45 points to end at 31.00 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) was up 4.61% or 1.00 points to 22.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which lost 3.13% or 1.06 points to trade at 32.82 in late trade. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) declined 2.35% or 0.58 points to end at 24.11 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) shed 1.91% or 0.70 points to 36.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 268 to 146 and 41 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.48% to 26.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 5.80 to $1297.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $59.88 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.32% or 0.40 to trade at $124.78 .
USD/BRL was down 0.08% to 3.3122, while EUR/BRL rose 0.36% to 3.9574.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 92.34.