Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Public Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.16% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Via Varejo SA (SA:VVAR3), which rose 6.40% or 0.33 points to trade at 5.49 at the close. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) added 5.54% or 0.75 points to end at 14.28 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was up 5.54% or 0.60 points to 11.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Log Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA (SA:LOGG3), which lost 2.08% or 0.40 points to trade at 18.80 in late trade. Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) declined 1.25% or 2.12 points to end at 167.48 and Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3) shed 0.95% or 0.21 points to 22.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 185 and 25 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.37% to 32.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.35% or 4.45 to $1279.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.16% or 0.61 to hit $53.23 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 2.51% or 2.60 to trade at $106.00 .
USD/BRL was up 0.22% to 3.7732, while EUR/BRL fell 0.39% to 4.2678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.232.