Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 6.81% or 3.06 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) added 5.77% or 0.48 points to end at 8.80 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) was up 5.06% or 0.45 points to 9.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which lost 0.93% or 0.21 points to trade at 22.28 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) declined 0.82% or 0.20 points to end at 24.10 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) shed 0.52% or 0.11 points to 21.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 271 to 117 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.76% to 30.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1325.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $64.92 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.25% or 0.29 to trade at $118.12 .
USD/BRL was down 0.55% to 3.3033, while EUR/BRL fell 0.63% to 4.0628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.