Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 2.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 5.29% or 2.11 points to trade at 42.02 at the close. Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (SA:PETR4) added 4.66% or 1.01 points to end at 22.68 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 4.55% or 0.74 points to 17.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Log Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA (SA:LOGG3), which lost 1.80% or 0.33 points to trade at 18.02 in late trade. CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) declined 1.06% or 0.12 points to end at 11.20 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) shed 0.02% or 0.01 points to 57.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 332 to 87 and 35 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.87% to 36.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.20 to $1282.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.48% or 0.66 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.74% or 0.75 to trade at $101.00 .
USD/BRL was up 0.21% to 3.8813, while EUR/BRL rose 0.29% to 4.4419.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.922.