Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumption sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 3.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which rose 14.76% or 1.33 points to trade at 10.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 13.85% or 0.45 points to end at 3.70 and Vale SA (SA:VALE5) was up 11.35% or 0.79 points to 7.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3), which fell 1.60% or 0.29 points to trade at 17.80 at the close. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) declined 1.33% or 0.08 points to end at 5.93 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) was down 0.41% or 0.06 points to 14.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 186 to 95 and 28 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.39% to 51.17.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.35% or 15.40 to $1156.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.00% or 0.65 to hit $31.64 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 1.28% or 1.55 to trade at $123.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.10% to 3.8916, while EUR/BRL rose 0.77% to 4.3593.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.71% at 96.56.