Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which rose 5.88% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.50 at the close. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) added 4.35% or 0.69 points to end at 16.57 and Itau Unibanco Holding SA (SA:ITUB4) was up 3.54% or 1.18 points to 34.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which lost 3.65% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.80 in late trade. Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4) declined 3.08% or 0.26 points to end at 8.18 and Marcopolo SA (SA:POMO4) shed 3.05% or 0.08 points to 2.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 160 to 142 and 4 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.16% to 31.32.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.33% or 3.90 to $1182.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $60.65 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.82% or 1.05 to trade at $128.62 .
USD/BRL was down 1.20% to 3.0892, while EUR/BRL fell 1.49% to 3.4753.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.22.