
© Reuters. Brazil stocks rose; as of the close of the closing, Brazilian IBOVESPA stock index rose 1.98%
Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher at Friday, with gains in Basic Materials, Consumer and Finance sectors leading shares higher.
Brazil's IBOVESPA stock index rose 1.98% at the close of the market.
The best performing stock in Brazil's IBOVESPA stock index was B2W Wacca (SA:BTOW3), up 7.58% (3.72 points) and closed at 52.82. Meanwhile, QUALICORP ON NM (SA:QUAL3) rose 5.31% (1.61 points) to close at 31.94; ECORODOVIAS ON NM (SA:ECOR3) rose 5.00% (0.67 points) and closed at 14.07 at the end of the trading session.
, the weakest stock on the market, was Brazil's State-owned Energy Company (SA:ELET6), up 1.52% (0.57 points) and closed at 36.92. Brazilian Electric Power (SA:ELET3) fell 1.05% (0.37 points) to close at 34.93; KROTON ON NM (SA:KROT3) closed at 0.00% (0.00 points) and quoted at 10.38.
Brazil São Paulo Stock Exchange 414 stocks rose, exceeding the number of stocks that closed lower - 121. At the same time, 32 stocks did not rise or fall, basically remained the same.
B2W Wacac (SA:BTOW3) stock rose to its high, up 7.58% (3.72 points), closing at 52.82. QUALICORP ON NM (SA:QUAL3) stock rose to a one-year high, pulling up 5.31% (1.61 points) to close at 31.94.
, which is used to measure the implicit volatility of Brazilian IBOVESPA stock index options , fell 6.53% to 29.76.
Gold Futures 2-month option contract price fell 0.60% (8.95 points) to $1,491.95. In terms of the remaining futures, the price of the November delivery WTI crude oil futures futures contract rose by 2.30% (1.23 points) and the price was 54.78 US dollars. At the same time, the December US C-type coffee futures futures contract fell by 0.18% (0.17), and the trading price was US$93.33.
USD/BRL fell 0.00%, with the exchange rate of 4.1088; at the same time, EUR/BRL rose 0.29%, with the quotation of 4.5347.
USD index futures fell 0.36% to 98.047.