Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (SA:PETR4), which rose 4.16% or 0.82 points to trade at 20.52 at the close. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) added 3.90% or 0.83 points to end at 22.13 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) was up 3.67% or 0.55 points to 15.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Bradesco SA (SA:BBDC3), which lost 2.87% or 1.13 points to trade at 38.20 in late trade. Banco Bradesco SA Pref (SA:BBDC4) declined 2.65% or 1.08 points to end at 39.67 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) shed 2.07% or 1.75 points to 82.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 211 to 207 and 36 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.28% to 29.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.68% or 9.10 to $1352.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.01% or 1.30 to hit $66.03 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.61% or 0.75 to trade at $121.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.57% to 3.1675, while EUR/BRL rose 0.22% to 3.9634.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 88.46.