Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3), which rose 5.78% or 1.81 points to trade at 33.13 at the close. Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) added 4.88% or 7.14 points to end at 153.54 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) was up 2.83% or 0.39 points to 14.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which lost 4.03% or 0.65 points to trade at 15.47 in late trade. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.27% or 0.26 points to end at 7.70 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 3.19% or 0.32 points to 9.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 208 and 45 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 4.49% to 40.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.30 to $1202.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.83% or 1.10 to hit $59.09 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 3.43% or 3.90 to trade at $109.95 .
USD/BRL was up 0.93% to 3.7683, while EUR/BRL rose 0.09% to 4.2359.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 97.38.