Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumption sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3), which rose 7.56% or 3.00 points to trade at 42.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) added 4.17% or 1.54 points to end at 38.49 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 3.58% or 0.33 points to 9.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3), which fell 2.53% or 1.57 points to trade at 60.59 at the close. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) declined 2.29% or 0.44 points to end at 18.81 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) was down 1.91% or 0.35 points to 17.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.47% to 32.42.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1216.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.12% or 0.13 to trade at $106.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.26% to 3.7600, while EUR/BRL fell 0.09% to 4.3410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.07.