Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.48% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which rose 5.26% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.40 at the close. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) added 4.19% or 0.79 points to end at 19.63 and Ambev SA (SA:ABEV3) was up 3.43% or 0.60 points to 18.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which lost 3.84% or 1.92 points to trade at 48.08 in late trade. Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) declined 2.57% or 0.80 points to end at 30.30 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) shed 2.37% or 0.50 points to 20.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 237 to 194 and 50 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.09% to 31.01.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.15% or 1.95 to $1323.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.86% or 1.54 to hit $55.33 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.84% or 1.95 to trade at $103.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.41% to 3.6588, while EUR/BRL rose 0.54% to 4.1932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.297.