Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 1.53% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 7.33% or 0.74 points to trade at 10.84 at the close. Engie Brasil Energia SA (SA:EGIE3) added 5.42% or 2.11 points to end at 41.05 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 5.41% or 0.53 points to 10.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ambev SA (SA:ABEV3), which lost 2.05% or 0.36 points to trade at 17.18 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 1.83% or 0.19 points to end at 10.21 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 0.41% or 0.04 points to 9.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 153 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 1.41% to 32.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.95 to $1282.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.64% or 0.34 to hit $52.67 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.19% or 0.20 to trade at $103.55 .
USD/BRL was down 1.26% to 3.7663, while EUR/BRL fell 1.03% to 4.2874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.773.