Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumption, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4), which rose 2.69% or 0.19 points to trade at 7.25 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 2.37% or 0.84 points to end at 36.25 and Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3) was up 1.86% or 0.64 points to 34.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which lost 3.14% or 0.60 points to trade at 18.53 in late trade. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) declined 2.75% or 0.22 points to end at 7.78 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) shed 2.46% or 0.81 points to 32.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 221 and 31 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.29% to 33.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1293.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.28% or 1.64 to trade at $129.67 .
USD/BRL was down 0.45% to 3.2131, while EUR/BRL fell 0.90% to 3.8056.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.15.