Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Public Utilities, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which rose 10.70% or 1.76 points to trade at 18.21 at the close. CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4) added 8.50% or 0.96 points to end at 12.25 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) was up 5.81% or 1.28 points to 23.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which lost 6.46% or 2.73 points to trade at 39.50 in late trade. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) declined 4.89% or 0.93 points to end at 18.08 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) shed 3.52% or 0.52 points to 14.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 252 to 228 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.93% to 46.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.20 to $1236.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.03% or 1.25 to trade at $119.90 .
USD/BRL was down 1.43% to 3.6527, while EUR/BRL fell 1.14% to 4.1671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.12.