Investing.com – Brazil stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate , Consumption and Electric Power sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa rose 0.66% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the Bovespa were YDUQS Participacoes SA (BVMF: YDUQ3 ), which rose 6.82% or 1.02 points to trade at 15.97 at the close. Meanwhile, BRF SA (BVMF: BRFS3 ) added 4.78% or 0.94 points to end at 20.62 and Vivara Participacoes SA (BVMF: VIVA3 ) was up 4.68% or 1.08 points to 24.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF: CVCB3 ), which fell 6.72% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.22 at the close. Azul SA Pref (BVMF: AZUL4 ) declined 5.00% or 0.06 points to end at 1.14 and IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (BVMF: IRBR3 ) was down 3.37% or 1.63 points to 46.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the B3 Stock Exchange by 673 to 294 and 50 ended unchanged.

Shares in Azul SA Pref (BVMF: AZUL4 ) fell to all time lows; falling 5.00% or 0.06 to 1.14.

The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.36% to 30.27.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.69% or 53.94 to $3,242.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.17% or 1.37 to hit $61.78 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 2.55% or 9.30 to trade at $374.10 .

USD/BRL was up 0.71% to 5.68, while EUR/BRL rose 0.89% to 6.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 100.65.