Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumption, Industrials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 5.66% or 0.45 points to trade at 8.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 5.33% or 0.81 points to end at 16.01 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) was up 5.26% or 2.05 points to 41.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP - Energias do Brasil SA (SA:ENBR3), which fell 2.75% or 0.40 points to trade at 14.15 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 2.22% or 0.70 points to end at 30.80 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (SA:PETR4) was down 1.82% or 0.24 points to 12.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 229 to 174 and 45 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.60% to 27.87.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.08 to $1295.18 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 1.05% or 1.46 to trade at $140.23 .
USD/BRL was up 0.60% to 3.1944, while EUR/BRL rose 1.11% to 3.7796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.98.