Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumption, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 6.87% or 1.63 points to trade at 25.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) added 5.23% or 1.25 points to end at 25.15 and Banco do Brasil SA (SA:BBAS3) was up 4.74% or 1.35 points to 29.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which fell 3.02% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.49 at the close. Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) declined 2.58% or 0.31 points to end at 11.69 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) was down 2.30% or 0.21 points to 8.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 304 to 125 and 29 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 8.14% to 30.92.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1301.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.49% or 1.66 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.25% or 0.30 to trade at $120.42 .
USD/BRL was up 0.02% to 3.7280, while EUR/BRL rose 1.15% to 4.3487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.79% at 94.06.