Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 6.76% or 0.71 points to trade at 11.21 at the close. BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) added 6.29% or 1.35 points to end at 22.80 and Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) was up 4.32% or 2.21 points to 53.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3), which lost 4.98% or 2.16 points to trade at 41.21 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 3.71% or 0.65 points to end at 16.89 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) shed 2.91% or 0.25 points to 8.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 146 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.57% to 33.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 3.00 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.29% or 0.94 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 4.43% or 4.83 to trade at $113.80 .
USD/BRL was down 1.61% to 3.8679, while EUR/BRL fell 1.16% to 4.5433.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 93.74.