Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumption, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4), which rose 1.96% or 0.27 points to trade at 14.03 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 1.56% or 0.48 points to end at 31.17 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) was up 1.39% or 0.49 points to 35.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EcoRodovias SA (SA:ECOR3), which lost 5.92% or 0.65 points to trade at 10.33 in late trade. Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3) declined 4.63% or 1.61 points to end at 33.17 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) shed 3.52% or 0.89 points to 24.36.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 127 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 2.63% to 41.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.24% or 3.10 to $1315.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.43% or 2.10 to hit $59.05 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.78% or 0.96 to trade at $121.92 .
USD/BRL was up 0.26% to 3.2943, while EUR/BRL rose 0.11% to 4.0294.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.32.