Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the gained 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the were Lojas Renner SA (BVMF:), which rose 4.84% or 0.87 points to trade at 18.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:) added 4.76% or 0.09 points to end at 1.98 and Cogna Educacao SA (BVMF:) was up 4.23% or 0.06 points to 1.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (BVMF:), which fell 7.32% or 3.49 points to trade at 44.22 at the close. Companhia Brasileira De Distribuica (BVMF:) declined 2.71% or 0.09 points to end at 3.23 and Braskem SA (BVMF:) was down 1.69% or 0.30 points to 17.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 492 to 469 and 40 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.20% to 29.24.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 19.30 to $2,748.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 3.05% or 7.70 to trade at $244.65 .
USD/BRL was down 0.41% to 5.67, while EUR/BRL fell 0.27% to 6.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 103.88.
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