Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (BVMF:CSNA3), which rose 9.24% or 1.10 points to trade at 13.01 at the close. BRF SA (BVMF:BRFS3) added 5.50% or 1.00 points to end at 19.19 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3) was up 3.91% or 0.19 points to 5.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4), which lost 5.44% or 0.49 points to trade at 8.51 in late trade. Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:CVCB3) declined 4.46% or 0.09 points to end at 1.93 and Petroreconcavo SA (BVMF:RECV3) shed 3.31% or 0.60 points to 17.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 469 to 451 and 47 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.94% to 28.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.67% or 15.70 to $2,344.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.18% or 0.94 to hit $80.66 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.40% or 0.90 to trade at $226.40 .
USD/BRL was up 0.31% to 5.44, while EUR/BRL rose 0.26% to 5.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.88.