Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 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 Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) was up 4.81% or 0.51 points to 11.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3), which lost 4.33% or 1.88 points to trade at 41.49 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.
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 down 1.37% to 33.08 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.22% or 2.70 to $1258.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.30% or 0.22 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.69% or 0.78 to trade at $114.58 .
USD/BRL was up 0.26% to 3.8729, while EUR/BRL rose 0.32% to 4.5505.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.81.