Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 5.85% or 0.50 points to trade at 9.05 at the close. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) added 5.65% or 0.13 points to end at 2.43 and ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3) was up 5.36% or 0.23 points to 4.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which lost 6.75% or 1.26 points to trade at 17.40 in late trade. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) declined 5.34% or 0.78 points to end at 13.83 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) shed 5.12% or 0.82 points to 15.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 140 and 26 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.54% to 42.73.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.84% or 10.80 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.24 to hit $43.89 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.21% or 0.25 to trade at $120.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.33% to 3.5469, while EUR/BRL fell 0.40% to 4.0748.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 93.27.