Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumption, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 6.87% or 1.63 points to trade at 25.35 at the close. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 5.23% or 1.25 points to end at 25.15 and Banco do Brasil SA (SA:BBAS3) was up 4.74% or 1.35 points to 29.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which lost 3.02% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.49 in late trade. Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) declined 2.58% or 0.31 points to end at 11.69 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) shed 2.30% or 0.21 points to 8.93.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 301 to 128 and 29 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 8.14% to 30.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1301.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.47% or 1.65 to hit $68.38 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.25% or 0.30 to trade at $120.42 .
USD/BRL was up 0.02% to 3.7280, while EUR/BRL rose 1.15% to 4.3487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 94.06.