Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3), which rose 6.77% or 1.38 points to trade at 21.75 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB5) added 4.61% or 0.44 points to end at 9.99 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) was up 3.71% or 0.80 points to 22.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3), which lost 4.10% or 1.05 points to trade at 24.55 in late trade. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 3.14% or 0.72 points to end at 22.20 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) shed 2.73% or 0.74 points to 26.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 163 to 129 and 25 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.43% to 32.43.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.85 to $1342.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.76 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.81% or 1.18 to trade at $147.18 .
USD/BRL was up 0.98% to 3.2321, while EUR/BRL rose 0.85% to 3.6552.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 94.49.