Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumption and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 6.97% or 0.61 points to trade at 9.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado (SA:SBSP3) added 6.29% or 1.83 points to end at 30.92 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) was up 5.19% or 0.45 points to 9.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie Brasil Energia SA (SA:EGIE3), which fell 21.50% or 9.40 points to trade at 34.32 at the close. BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (SA:BBSE3) declined 4.57% or 1.30 points to end at 27.16 and Via Varejo SA (SA:VVAR3) was down 3.43% or 0.17 points to 4.78.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 244 to 176 and 37 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.54% to 33.62.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1250.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.03% or 0.53 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.78% or 0.80 to trade at $103.15 .
USD/BRL was down 1.25% to 3.8548, while EUR/BRL fell 0.78% to 4.3845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.993.