Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 6.97% or 0.61 points to trade at 9.36 at the close. Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3) added 6.29% or 1.83 points to end at 30.92 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 5.19% or 0.45 points to 9.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie Brasil Energia SA (SA:EGIE3), which lost 21.50% or 9.40 points to trade at 34.32 in late trade. BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (SA:BBSE3) declined 4.57% or 1.30 points to end at 27.16 and Via Varejo SA (SA:VVAR3) shed 3.43% or 0.17 points to 4.78.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 244 to 176 and 37 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.03% to 33.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1250.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.01% or 0.52 to hit $51.13 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.78% or 0.80 to trade at $103.15 .
USD/BRL was down 1.25% to 3.8548, while EUR/BRL fell 0.78% to 4.3845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.993.