Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 6.74% or 1.51 points to trade at 23.93 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) added 6.00% or 1.57 points to end at 27.72 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was up 5.03% or 1.91 points to 39.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which lost 4.46% or 1.73 points to trade at 37.02 in late trade. Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) declined 3.32% or 0.40 points to end at 11.64 and Telefonica Brasil SA (SA:VIVT4) shed 2.92% or 1.37 points to 45.58.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 229 to 184 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.64% to 37.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.61% or 7.75 to $1277.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.72% or 1.27 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.93% or 2.00 to trade at $101.85 .
USD/BRL was down 1.24% to 3.8736, while EUR/BRL fell 0.44% to 4.4301.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 96.075.