Brazil shares higher at close of trade; Bovespa up 0.61%
Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials , Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA: KROT3 ), which rose 6.76% or 0.71 points to trade at 11.21 at the close. BRF SA (SA: BRFS3 ) added 6.29% or 1.35 points to end at 22.80 and Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA: SMLS3 ) was up 4.32% or 2.21 points to 53.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cvc Brasil ON (SA: CVCB3 ), which lost 4.98% or 2.16 points to trade at 41.21 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA: VVAR11 ) declined 3.71% or 0.65 points to end at 16.89 and Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA: MRFG3 ) shed 2.91% or 0.25 points to 8.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 228 to 146 and 38 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.57% to 33.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.24% or 3.00 to $1255.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.29% or 0.94 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 4.43% or 4.83 to trade at $113.80 .
USD/BRL was down 1.61% to 3.8679, while EUR/BRL fell 1.16% to 4.5433.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 93.74.
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