Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Financials and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3), which rose 4.38% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.29 at the close. Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) added 3.81% or 2.40 points to end at 65.40 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) was up 3.73% or 0.48 points to 13.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which lost 6.28% or 2.05 points to trade at 30.61 in late trade. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) declined 5.45% or 1.15 points to end at 19.95 and Vale SA Pref (SA:VALE5) shed 5.41% or 1.66 points to 29.01.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 257 to 151 and 36 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.84% to 28.05 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1219.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.26 to hit $53.80 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.17% or 0.25 to trade at $146.27 .
USD/BRL was down 0.18% to 3.1180, while EUR/BRL fell 0.04% to 3.3588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 99.80.