Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Consumption and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:MGLU3), which rose 12.28% or 1.33 points to trade at 12.16 at the close. Meanwhile, MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (BVMF:MRVE3) added 5.58% or 0.37 points to end at 7.00 and Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos (BVMF:HAPV3) was up 5.45% or 0.20 points to 3.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3), which fell 1.07% or 0.44 points to trade at 40.64 at the close. Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3) declined 0.82% or 0.31 points to end at 37.56 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:CMIN3) was down 0.39% or 0.02 points to 5.17.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 525 to 421 and 56 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.10% to 26.89.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 14.70 to $2,345.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.16% or 0.94 to hit $81.67 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 5.33% or 12.00 to trade at $237.00 .
USD/BRL was down 0.67% to 5.39, while EUR/BRL fell 0.65% to 5.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 105.14.