Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 12.89% or 1.27 points to trade at 11.12 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 7.49% or 2.72 points to end at 39.03 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was up 6.13% or 0.63 points to 10.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3), which lost 5.01% or 0.71 points to trade at 13.45 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 4.24% or 0.44 points to end at 9.93 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 2.76% or 0.26 points to 9.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 208 to 203 and 37 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.25% to 39.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.07% or 12.80 to $1212.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.04% or 0.58 to hit $56.27 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 3.25% or 3.55 to trade at $112.75 .
USD/BRL was down 0.52% to 3.7834, while EUR/BRL fell 0.13% to 4.2886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 96.65.