Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Public Utilities and Consumption sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Totvs SA (BVMF:TOTS3), which rose 7.37% or 2.13 points to trade at 31.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:PETZ3) added 6.34% or 0.26 points to end at 4.36 and Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos (BVMF:HAPV3) was up 5.95% or 0.15 points to 2.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambev SA (BVMF:ABEV3), which fell 3.29% or 0.47 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. Vale SA (BVMF:VALE3) declined 1.56% or 0.93 points to end at 58.84 and Azul SA Pref (BVMF:AZUL4) was down 1.55% or 0.07 points to 4.44.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 487 to 485 and 37 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.23% to 29.70.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 34.36 to $2,752.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.46% or 1.69 to hit $70.28 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 4.34% or 14.49 to trade at $319.66 .
USD/BRL was down 1.50% to 5.95, while EUR/BRL fell 1.81% to 6.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 106.35.
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