Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 5.81% or 0.90 points to trade at 16.39 at the close. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) added 4.04% or 0.20 points to end at 5.15 and Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) was up 3.82% or 0.88 points to 23.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4), which lost 7.20% or 1.23 points to trade at 15.85 in late trade. CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4) declined 5.53% or 0.41 points to end at 7.00 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) shed 5.16% or 1.07 points to 19.68.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 157 and 28 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.18% to 31.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.72 to $1271.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.18% or 1.19 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.91% or 2.41 to trade at $123.97 .
USD/BRL was up 1.42% to 3.3144, while EUR/BRL rose 0.96% to 3.8472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.83.