Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 2.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3), which rose 10.09% or 2.95 points to trade at 32.19 at the close. Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) added 6.18% or 4.45 points to end at 76.50 and MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) was up 5.64% or 0.72 points to 13.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which lost 0.81% or 0.06 points to trade at 7.35 in late trade. Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) declined 0.67% or 0.31 points to end at 46.26 and Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) gained 0.07% or 0.01 points to 15.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 138 and 22 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.07% to 33.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1278.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $55.16 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.14% or 0.18 to trade at $126.65 .
USD/BRL was down 1.17% to 3.2744, while EUR/BRL fell 1.42% to 3.8515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.88.