Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumption, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Automob Participações SA (BVMF:AMOB3), which rose 34.29% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.47 at the close. Localiza Rent a Car SA (BVMF:RENT3) added 8.75% or 2.62 points to end at 32.55 and Atacadao SA (BVMF:CRFB3) was up 8.20% or 0.46 points to 6.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (BVMF:CSNA3), which lost 2.53% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.25 in late trade. Vale SA (BVMF:VALE3) declined 1.90% or 1.04 points to end at 53.77 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3) shed 1.87% or 0.10 points to 5.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 604 to 381 and 39 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 27.60% to 39.81 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.60% or 42.58 to $2,610.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.93% or 1.36 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 2.68% or 8.93 to trade at $323.72 .
USD/BRL was down 2.17% to 6.15, while EUR/BRL fell 2.04% to 6.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 108.14.