Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.45% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 7.98% or 0.75 points to trade at 10.15 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 6.76% or 2.02 points to end at 31.92 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 6.51% or 3.19 points to 52.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which lost 5.02% or 1.10 points to trade at 20.80 in late trade. Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3) declined 3.84% or 1.65 points to end at 41.35 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 3.31% or 1.44 points to 42.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 182 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.17% to 34.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.63% or 8.10 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.21% or 1.04 to hit $48.13 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.49% or 0.50 to trade at $101.65 .
USD/BRL was down 1.07% to 3.7163, while EUR/BRL fell 0.99% to 4.2369.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.743.