Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Electric Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Marcopolo SA (SA:POMO4), which rose 7.41% or 0.22 points to trade at 3.19 at the close. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) added 5.17% or 0.40 points to end at 8.14 and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (SA:GOLL4) was up 5.16% or 0.41 points to 8.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Localiza Rent a Car SA (SA:RENT3), which lost 2.73% or 0.96 points to trade at 34.16 in late trade. PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) declined 2.27% or 0.010 points to end at 0.430 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) shed 2.08% or 0.53 points to 24.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 179 to 99 and 6 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.24% to 28.84 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1224.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.87 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 1.11% or 1.52 to trade at $138.82 .
USD/BRL was up 0.02% to 2.9954, while EUR/BRL rose 0.32% to 3.4278.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 93.32.