Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3), which rose 9.23% or 3.52 points to trade at 41.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) added 5.93% or 0.22 points to end at 3.93 and Dexco SA (BVMF:DXCO3) was up 5.27% or 0.39 points to 7.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ultrapar Participacoes SA (BVMF:UGPA3), which fell 5.57% or 1.33 points to trade at 22.56 at the close. Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:CVCB3) declined 2.13% or 0.04 points to end at 1.84 and Raia Drogasil SA (BVMF:RADL3) was down 2.03% or 0.60 points to 28.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 542 to 378 and 53 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.03% to 31.69.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.35% or 32.95 to $2,465.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.18% or 0.89 to hit $76.12 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.29% or 0.72 to trade at $245.58 .
USD/BRL was down 1.24% to 5.56, while EUR/BRL fell 0.66% to 6.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.03.