Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Electric Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.45% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 7.98% or 0.75 points to trade at 10.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 6.76% or 2.02 points to end at 31.92 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 6.51% or 3.19 points to 52.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which fell 5.02% or 1.10 points to trade at 20.80 at the close. Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3) declined 3.84% or 1.65 points to end at 41.35 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) was down 3.31% or 1.44 points to 42.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 244 to 182 and 34 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 4.28% to 34.44.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.63% or 8.10 to $1286.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.23% or 1.05 to hit $48.14 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.49% or 0.50 to trade at $101.65 .
USD/BRL was down 1.07% to 3.7163, while EUR/BRL fell 0.99% to 4.2369.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.738.