Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Public Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which rose 17.73% or 1.31 points to trade at 8.70 at the close. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) added 6.72% or 1.41 points to end at 22.40 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was up 4.97% or 1.60 points to 33.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3), which lost 3.26% or 1.18 points to trade at 35.02 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 3.28% or 0.67 points to end at 19.78 and Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) shed 2.66% or 0.92 points to 33.73.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 163 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.53% to 32.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.25% or 3.30 to $1343.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.55% or 2.25 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 0.82% or 0.97 to trade at $117.58 .
USD/BRL was down 0.44% to 3.4072, while EUR/BRL fell 0.16% to 4.2100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.32.