Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.33% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which rose 11.45% or 3.74 points to trade at 36.39 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 6.60% or 0.76 points to end at 12.28 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) was up 5.97% or 1.15 points to 20.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3), which lost 2.92% or 1.29 points to trade at 42.96 in late trade. Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) declined 2.17% or 0.40 points to end at 18.00 and Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) shed 1.88% or 0.71 points to 36.99.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 316 to 159 and 23 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.82% to 40.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.40 to $1233.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $62.75 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 2.58% or 3.10 to trade at $116.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.80% to 3.7260, while EUR/BRL rose 0.97% to 4.2509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.13.