Brazil stocks are up at the close; Bovespa rose 0.27% Via Investing.com

Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sao Paulo, it was up 0.27%.

The best performers of the session were YDUQS Participacoes SA (BVMF: ), which rose 8.03% or 0.78 points to trade at 10.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Cogna Educacao SA (BVMF: ) added 6.72% or 0.09 points to end at 1.43 and Atacadao SA (BVMF: ) was up 6.19% or 0.56 points to trade at 9.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (BVMF: ), which declined 4.61% or 2.22 points to trade at 45.98 at the close. BRF SA (BVMF: ) declined 2.68% or 0.66 points to end at 23.97 and Caixa Seguridade Participacoes SA (BVMF: ) declined 2.58% or 0.40 points to 15.12.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 470 to 464, with 63 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, rose 0.67% to 27.11.

Gold futures for December delivery were down 0.05%, or 1.20, at $2,541.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 2.33%, or 1.53, to $67.28 a barrel, while the December C coffee contract fell 0.06% or 0.15, up to $247.05.

USD/BRL was unchanged 0.00% to 5.66, while EUR/BRL fell 0.17% to 6.22.

US dollar index futures rose 0.09% to 101.69.