Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Real Estate and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 7.10% or 0.62 points to trade at 9.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) added 5.97% or 4.57 points to end at 81.11 and RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3) was up 5.96% or 0.73 points to 12.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which fell 1.04% or 0.08 points to trade at 7.64 at the close. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) declined 0.97% or 0.16 points to end at 16.36 and Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) was down 0.91% or 0.30 points to 32.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 280 to 154 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.54% to 33.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.51 to $1280.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.89% or 0.50 to hit $56.92 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.81% or 1.00 to trade at $123.90 .
USD/BRL was down 0.01% to 3.2570, while EUR/BRL rose 0.05% to 3.8235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.90.