Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 12.43% or 3.37 points to trade at 30.49 at the close. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 6.39% or 0.58 points to end at 9.65 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) was up 5.49% or 0.49 points to 9.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3), which lost 4.09% or 1.76 points to trade at 41.29 in late trade. EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3) declined 3.16% or 0.23 points to end at 7.06 and Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4) shed 2.67% or 1.35 points to 49.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 193 to 165 and 23 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.78% to 43.28.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.62% or 7.30 to $1176.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.12% or 0.57 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.48% or 0.70 to trade at $145.82 .
USD/BRL was up 0.20% to 3.4786, while EUR/BRL rose 0.26% to 3.7106.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.80.