Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumption and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which rose 11.60% or 1.30 points to trade at 12.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) added 3.97% or 2.06 points to end at 54.01 and Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3) was up 3.79% or 1.64 points to 44.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3), which fell 2.90% or 1.11 points to trade at 37.15 at the close. Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3) declined 2.30% or 1.36 points to end at 57.77 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) was down 2.19% or 0.26 points to 11.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 228 to 226 and 33 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.00% to 31.97.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1241.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.13% or 2.89 to hit $67.06 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.41% or 0.45 to trade at $110.42 .
USD/BRL was up 0.38% to 3.8648, while EUR/BRL rose 0.63% to 4.5274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.25.