Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumption sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 6.81% or 3.06 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) added 5.77% or 0.48 points to end at 8.80 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) was up 5.06% or 0.45 points to 9.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3), which fell 0.93% or 0.21 points to trade at 22.28 at the close. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) declined 0.82% or 0.20 points to end at 24.10 and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) was down 0.52% or 0.11 points to 21.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange by 273 to 116 and 32 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.76% to 30.28.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1325.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $64.92 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.25% or 0.29 to trade at $118.12 .
USD/BRL was down 0.56% to 3.3030, while EUR/BRL fell 0.63% to 4.0628.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.