Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Industrials and Consumption sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa gained 1.39%.

The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were Azul SA Pref (BVMF: AZUL4 ), which rose 12.33% or 0.37 points to trade at 3.37 at the close. Meanwhile, IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (BVMF: IRBR3 ) added 5.76% or 2.57 points to end at 47.20 and CSN Mineracao SA (BVMF: CMIN3 ) was up 4.65% or 0.27 points to 6.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Minerva SA/Brazil (BVMF: BEEF3 ), which fell 2.87% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.77 at the close. Prio SA (BVMF: PRIO3 ) declined 1.49% or 0.51 points to end at 33.82 and Natura & Co SA (BVMF: NTCO3 ) was down 1.28% or 0.12 points to 9.25.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 697 to 254 and 52 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.91% to 28.63.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.52% or 16.98 to $3,227.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $61.61 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 1.29% or 4.60 to trade at $362.30 .

USD/BRL was down 0.16% to 5.86, while EUR/BRL fell 0.27% to 6.64.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 99.47.