Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 8.64% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.40 at the close. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) added 4.09% or 0.40 points to end at 10.19 and Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) was up 3.79% or 2.20 points to 60.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which lost 5.42% or 1.03 points to trade at 17.99 in late trade. Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) declined 3.72% or 0.53 points to end at 13.72 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) shed 2.62% or 0.73 points to 27.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 194 to 158 and 37 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.78% to 35.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 5.50 to $1254.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 1.27% or 1.75 to trade at $139.32 .
USD/BRL was up 0.55% to 3.1268, while EUR/BRL rose 1.15% to 3.3972.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 99.01.