Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Consumption sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3), which rose 9.73% or 0.47 points to trade at 5.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (SA:CMIG4) added 3.98% or 0.52 points to end at 13.60 and Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) was up 2.22% or 0.270 points to 12.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3), which fell 3.13% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 3.10% or 0.63 points to end at 19.69 and Oi SA (SA:OIBR4) was down 2.93% or 0.19 points to 6.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 178 to 131 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) fell to all time lows; falling 3.13% or 0.010 to 0.310.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.02% to 29.17.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.41% or 16.90 to $1185.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.47% or 0.28 to hit $60.25 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 1.48% or 1.93 to trade at $132.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.61% to 3.0796, while EUR/BRL fell 0.60% to 3.4938.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.52.