Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 4.60% or 0.71 points to trade at 16.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 3.25% or 0.83 points to end at 26.39 and CCR SA (SA:CCRO3) was up 2.42% or 0.40 points to 16.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which fell 4.08% or 0.27 points to trade at 6.35 at the close. Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3) declined 2.34% or 0.75 points to end at 31.25 and Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) was down 2.16% or 1.39 points to 63.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 196 to 175 and 52 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.14% to 31.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.90% or 11.25 to $1245.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.40% or 0.63 to hit $44.34 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.28% or 0.35 to trade at $126.30 .
USD/BRL was down 0.20% to 3.2821, while EUR/BRL fell 0.63% to 3.6590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.23.