Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3), which rose 4.35% or 0.49 points to trade at 11.76 at the close. Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) added 3.67% or 0.65 points to end at 18.35 and IGUATEMI ON NM (SA:IGTA3) was up 3.18% or 1.23 points to 39.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which lost 4.63% or 0.74 points to trade at 15.24 in late trade. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.47% or 0.26 points to end at 7.23 and Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) shed 3.04% or 0.72 points to 22.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 213 to 202 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 9.51% to 31.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.56% or 7.40 to $1328.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.38% or 0.90 to hit $64.27 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 0.04% or 0.05 to trade at $118.97 .
USD/BRL was up 1.07% to 3.3080, while EUR/BRL rose 0.81% to 4.0720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.44.