Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Electric Power and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3), which rose 6.87% or 1.35 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) added 5.09% or 2.56 points to end at 52.87 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was up 3.55% or 0.60 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BRF SA (SA:BRFS3), which lost 3.65% or 1.43 points to trade at 37.74 in late trade. Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) declined 3.30% or 0.36 points to end at 10.54 and Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) shed 3.07% or 0.46 points to 14.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 167 and 33 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.36% to 32.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.99% or 13.30 to $1325.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $63.84 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.67% or 2.05 to trade at $121.03 .
USD/BRL was down 0.56% to 3.2059, while EUR/BRL fell 0.13% to 3.9222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 90.38.