Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 7.73% or 0.75 points to trade at 10.45 at the close. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) added 7.32% or 0.99 points to end at 14.51 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was up 4.80% or 0.52 points to 11.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which lost 1.75% or 0.95 points to trade at 53.40 in late trade. Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) declined 1.47% or 0.56 points to end at 37.44 and Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) shed 1.16% or 0.13 points to 11.04.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 296 to 159 and 24 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.06% to 41.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1225.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 3.56% or 4.35 to trade at $117.75 .
USD/BRL was down 0.63% to 3.6870, while EUR/BRL fell 1.03% to 4.2277.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 95.75.