Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumption, Real Estate and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which rose 5.21% or 1.10 points to trade at 22.21 at the close. Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) added 4.66% or 1.71 points to end at 38.41 and Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) was up 4.57% or 1.08 points to 24.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCR SA (SA:CCRO3), which lost 5.85% or 0.49 points to trade at 7.88 in late trade. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 3.52% or 2.19 points to end at 60.01 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) shed 2.74% or 0.59 points to 20.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 191 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.57% to 47.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 6.20 to $1198.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.72% or 0.70 to trade at $97.85 .
USD/BRL was down 1.07% to 4.0318, while EUR/BRL fell 1.29% to 4.7360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.87.