Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 6.39% or 0.62 points to trade at 10.32 at the close. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) added 5.91% or 0.57 points to end at 10.22 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 5.82% or 1.81 points to 32.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4), which lost 3.96% or 3.20 points to trade at 77.65 in late trade. Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3) declined 3.25% or 1.09 points to end at 32.41 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) shed 3.22% or 0.64 points to 19.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 206 to 195 and 40 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.77% to 27.27 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.69% or 8.90 to $1305.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.60% or 0.81 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.09% or 0.11 to trade at $126.53 .
USD/BRL was down 0.78% to 3.1457, while EUR/BRL fell 0.84% to 3.7186.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.