Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electric Power, Public Utilities and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 1.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6), which rose 5.06% or 1.28 points to trade at 26.58 at the close. Meanwhile, WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) added 4.80% or 0.82 points to end at 17.92 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) was up 4.04% or 0.95 points to 24.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which fell 5.37% or 1.93 points to trade at 33.98 at the close. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 4.39% or 1.39 points to end at 30.26 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) was down 4.00% or 1.31 points to 31.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 246 to 139 and 39 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 8.40% to 27.70.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.30 to $1318.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.47% or 0.56 to trade at $119.53 .
USD/BRL was down 0.23% to 3.4766, while EUR/BRL fell 0.74% to 4.2067.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 91.39.