Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4), which rose 7.40% or 2.09 points to trade at 30.33 at the close. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) added 5.76% or 1.64 points to end at 30.10 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) was up 5.17% or 1.05 points to 21.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which lost 4.28% or 0.32 points to trade at 7.16 in late trade. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) declined 2.17% or 1.02 points to end at 45.98 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) shed 1.74% or 0.25 points to 14.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 279 to 142 and 41 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 6.88% to 31.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.70 to $1201.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $67.17 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.60% or 0.64 to trade at $105.28 .
USD/BRL was down 0.62% to 3.8622, while EUR/BRL fell 1.16% to 4.3819.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.56.