Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Electric Power, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:CVCB3), which rose 8.70% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4) added 8.65% or 0.43 points to end at 5.40 and Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:MGLU3) was up 6.26% or 0.59 points to 10.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3), which fell 3.44% or 1.86 points to trade at 52.15 at the close. Raia Drogasil SA (BVMF:RADL3) declined 2.84% or 0.74 points to end at 25.28 and Localiza Rent a Car SA (BVMF:RENT3) was down 1.52% or 0.67 points to 43.53.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 616 to 368 and 54 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.95% to 29.43.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 3.11% or 85.20 to $2,652.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.06% or 2.18 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.47% or 4.43 to trade at $306.53 .
USD/BRL was unchanged 0.04% to 5.80, while EUR/BRL rose 0.51% to 6.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 106.86.
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