Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumption, Real Estate and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which rose 23.74% or 2.63 points to trade at 13.71 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 13.56% or 1.520 points to end at 12.730 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 6.91% or 0.44 points to 6.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3), which lost 1.14% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.93 in late trade. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) declined 0.87% or 0.09 points to end at 10.23 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) shed 0.81% or 0.12 points to 14.77.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 171 to 109 and 17 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.56% to 37.61 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1213.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.04 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.66% or 0.80 to trade at $122.80 .
USD/BRL was down 0.37% to 3.5894, while EUR/BRL fell 0.75% to 4.0034.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.55.