Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 2.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which rose 14.62% or 2.06 points to trade at 16.15 at the close. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) added 8.46% or 0.79 points to end at 10.13 and Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) was up 8.20% or 2.60 points to 34.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3), which lost 2.63% or 0.80 points to trade at 29.67 in late trade. Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) declined 1.42% or 0.96 points to end at 66.53 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) shed 1.31% or 0.14 points to 10.56.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 155 and 30 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 6.19% to 38.31 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1227.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $71.84 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.28% or 1.52 to trade at $117.53 .
USD/BRL was down 0.38% to 3.7220, while EUR/BRL fell 0.43% to 4.3080.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.78.