Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which rose 7.16% or 0.62 points to trade at 9.28 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) added 4.65% or 0.35 points to end at 7.87 and Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) was up 3.81% or 0.62 points to 16.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3), which lost 3.29% or 1.04 points to trade at 30.55 in late trade. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) declined 2.93% or 0.86 points to end at 28.49 and Localiza Rent a Car SA (SA:RENT3) shed 2.83% or 0.72 points to 24.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 198 to 187 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.61% to 31.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.25% or 3.10 to $1222.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.82% or 0.57 to hit $69.04 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.69% or 0.75 to trade at $110.22 .
USD/BRL was down 0.83% to 3.7154, while EUR/BRL fell 0.69% to 4.3324.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.45.