Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Public Utilities and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 3.45% or 0.78 points to trade at 23.37 at the close. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 3.23% or 0.25 points to end at 8.00 and Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) was up 3.16% or 0.99 points to 32.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB5), which lost 3.61% or 0.74 points to trade at 19.78 in late trade. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) declined 2.01% or 0.33 points to end at 16.07 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) shed 1.48% or 0.52 points to 34.51.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 186 and 26 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.14% to 29.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.41 to $1278.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.61% or 0.75 to trade at $124.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.01% to 3.2331, while EUR/BRL rose 0.01% to 3.8198.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.