Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumption and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:MGLU3), which rose 12.28% or 1.33 points to trade at 12.16 at the close. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (BVMF:MRVE3) added 5.58% or 0.37 points to end at 7.00 and Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos (BVMF:HAPV3) was up 5.45% or 0.20 points to 3.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3), which lost 1.07% or 0.44 points to trade at 40.64 in late trade. Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3) declined 0.82% or 0.31 points to end at 37.56 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3) shed 0.39% or 0.02 points to 5.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 525 to 421 and 56 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.10% to 26.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 14.70 to $2,345.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.18% or 0.95 to hit $81.68 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 5.33% or 12.00 to trade at $237.00 .
USD/BRL was down 0.68% to 5.39, while EUR/BRL fell 0.65% to 5.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 105.14.