Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumption, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 5.65% or 0.70 points to trade at 13.10 at the close. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 4.39% or 0.65 points to end at 15.45 and BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) was up 3.69% or 0.40 points to 11.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4), which lost 4.89% or 0.76 points to trade at 14.79 in late trade. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) declined 4.12% or 1.08 points to end at 25.15 and Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) shed 3.96% or 0.20 points to 4.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 188 to 143 and 31 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.08% to 38.53.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.46% or 5.35 to $1160.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.82 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $142.68 .
USD/BRL was down 0.11% to 3.3359, while EUR/BRL fell 0.22% to 3.5442.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 101.07.