Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which rose 5.28% or 1.13 points to trade at 22.54 at the close. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) added 3.97% or 0.89 points to end at 23.29 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) was up 3.98% or 1.55 points to 40.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which lost 5.75% or 0.50 points to trade at 8.20 in late trade. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) declined 4.24% or 0.65 points to end at 14.69 and Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) shed 2.91% or 1.07 points to 35.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 197 and 35 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.06% to 31.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 10.40 to $1356.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.97% or 1.29 to hit $66.80 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.60% or 0.70 to trade at $118.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.81% to 3.3820, while EUR/BRL fell 0.71% to 4.1824.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 89.22.