Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 4.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 9.91% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.33 at the close. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) added 9.12% or 1.30 points to end at 15.55 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR4) was up 7.70% or 0.73 points to 10.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which lost 1.76% or 0.38 points to trade at 21.20 in late trade. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 6.15 and Tractebel Energia SA (SA:TBLE3) gained 0.95% or 0.35 points to 37.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 72 and 20 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 7.69% to 42.03.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1267.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.23% or 0.97 to hit $44.41 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 1.89% or 2.39 to trade at $128.92 .
USD/BRL was down 1.34% to 3.4693, while EUR/BRL fell 1.44% to 3.9451.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.24.