Investing.com – Brazil equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:), which rose 5.07% or 0.35 points to trade at 7.25 at the close. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (BVMF:) added 4.24% or 0.28 points to end at 6.89 and Pet Center Comercio e Partcipacoes (BVMF:) was up 4.14% or 0.14 points to 3.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (BVMF:), which lost 5.32% or 2.10 points to trade at 37.34 in late trade. CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF:) declined 2.20% or 0.11 points to end at 4.88 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA PN (BVMF:) shed 2.09% or 0.74 points to 34.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 470 to 468 and 57 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.96% to 27.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.27% or 29.40 to $2,347.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $78.40 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.04% or 0.10 to trade at $226.15 .
USD/BRL was up 0.31% to 5.38, while EUR/BRL fell 0.10% to 5.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.12.
