Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumption and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 8.71% or 0.61 points to trade at 7.61 at the close. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) added 7.93% or 1.19 points to end at 16.19 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) was up 7.29% or 0.68 points to 10.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11), which lost 1.48% or 0.31 points to trade at 20.59 in late trade. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) declined 1.15% or 0.60 points to end at 51.40 and Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) shed 0.53% or 0.15 points to 27.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 241 to 180 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.39% to 54.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.60 to $1205.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 2.56% or 2.55 to trade at $97.25 .
USD/BRL was down 1.15% to 4.1257, while EUR/BRL fell 0.61% to 4.8208.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.07.