Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 5.03% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.89 at the close. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) added 2.15% or 0.74 points to end at 35.08 and Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) was up 1.77% or 1.21 points to 69.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 5.91% or 1.29 points to trade at 20.53 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3) declined 4.81% or 0.89 points to end at 17.62 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) shed 2.47% or 0.22 points to 8.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 189 to 177 and 44 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.83% to 25.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.97% or 12.73 to $1326.83 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.46% or 1.13 to hit $47.09 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.39% or 0.50 to trade at $129.07 .
USD/BRL was down 0.32% to 3.1506, while EUR/BRL fell 0.14% to 3.7510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.