Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Utilities, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 7.41% or 1.57 points to trade at 22.75 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) added 6.94% or 1.72 points to end at 26.50 and Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) was up 5.46% or 5.18 points to 99.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which lost 2.68% or 0.64 points to trade at 23.23 in late trade. Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) declined 1.45% or 0.31 points to end at 21.00 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) shed 1.75% or 0.24 points to 13.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 182 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.47% to 31.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 3.70 to $1353.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.72% or 0.84 to trade at $118.17 .
USD/BRL was down 0.11% to 3.3082, while EUR/BRL rose 0.65% to 4.1185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.