Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4), which rose 4.84% or 0.53 points to trade at 11.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 4.59% or 1.36 points to end at 31.01 and Vale SA Pref (SA:VALE5) was up 4.01% or 1.13 points to 29.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which fell 2.91% or 0.45 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) declined 2.88% or 0.50 points to end at 16.85 and Equatorial Energia SA (SA:EQTL3) was down 2.15% or 1.24 points to 56.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange by 236 to 138 and 28 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 5.71% to 30.69.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1203.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $48.43 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.74% or 1.05 to trade at $142.43 .
USD/BRL was up 0.44% to 3.1534, while EUR/BRL rose 0.24% to 3.3582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 101.25.