Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3), which rose 9.92% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) added 6.27% or 0.59 points to end at 10.00 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) was up 4.81% or 0.32 points to 6.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which lost 3.27% or 0.400 points to trade at 11.840 in late trade. PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) declined 2.44% or 0.010 points to end at 0.400 and Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) shed 1.43% or 0.35 points to 24.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 206 to 101 and 5 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.03% to 31.56.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.40 to $1188.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 0.04% or 0.05 to trade at $124.17 .
USD/BRL was down 0.36% to 3.1422, while EUR/BRL fell 0.08% to 3.4267.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.34.