Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 5.85% or 0.50 points to trade at 9.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) added 5.65% or 0.13 points to end at 2.43 and ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3) was up 5.36% or 0.23 points to 4.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which fell 6.75% or 1.26 points to trade at 17.40 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE5) declined 5.34% or 0.78 points to end at 13.83 and Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) was down 5.12% or 0.82 points to 15.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 146 to 140 and 26 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 3.54% to 42.73.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.81% or 10.45 to $1281.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.24 to hit $43.89 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.21% or 0.25 to trade at $120.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.34% to 3.5463, while EUR/BRL fell 0.41% to 4.0742.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 93.27.