Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the were Embraer SA (BVMF:), which rose 6.74% or 3.08 points to trade at 48.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Azul SA Pref (BVMF:) added 3.91% or 0.23 points to end at 6.11 and Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:) was up 3.88% or 0.22 points to 5.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lwsa SA (BVMF:), which fell 2.25% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.35 at the close. IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (BVMF:) declined 1.66% or 0.73 points to end at 43.27 and Azzas 2154 SA (BVMF:) was down 1.59% or 0.67 points to 41.36.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 543 to 392 and 62 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 12.48% to 30.87.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 10.95 to $2,689.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $70.56 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.17% or 0.43 to trade at $257.13 .
USD/BRL was up 0.27% to 5.67, while EUR/BRL fell 0.18% to 6.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 103.36.
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