Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 6.64% or 0.94 points to trade at 15.09 at the close. ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3) added 5.49% or 0.05 points to end at 0.96 and Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo (SA:CESP6) was up 4.48% or 0.80 points to 18.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which lost 6.50% or 1.04 points to trade at 14.96 in late trade. Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) declined 5.46% or 1.30 points to end at 22.50 and Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) shed 5.37% or 0.19 points to 3.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 142 and 10 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.28% to 37.08.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.53% or 5.80 to $1087.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.81% or 0.40 to hit $48.40 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 2.59% or 3.15 to trade at $124.88 .
USD/BRL was up 1.26% to 3.3729, while EUR/BRL rose 0.78% to 3.6879.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.61.