Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Totvs SA (BVMF:TOTS3), which rose 7.37% or 2.13 points to trade at 31.04 at the close. Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) added 6.34% or 0.26 points to end at 4.36 and Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos (BVMF:HAPV3) was up 5.95% or 0.15 points to 2.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ambev SA (BVMF:ABEV3), which lost 3.29% or 0.47 points to trade at 13.80 in late trade. Vale SA (BVMF:VALE3) declined 1.56% or 0.93 points to end at 58.84 and Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4) shed 1.55% or 0.07 points to 4.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 487 to 485 and 37 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.23% to 29.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 34.34 to $2,752.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.48% or 1.70 to hit $70.29 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 4.34% or 14.49 to trade at $319.66 .
USD/BRL was down 1.49% to 5.95, while EUR/BRL fell 1.81% to 6.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 106.35.