Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which rose 2.26% or 0.56 points to trade at 25.29 at the close. Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) added 1.81% or 0.61 points to end at 34.29 and BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) was up 1.79% or 0.23 points to 13.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which lost 3.34% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.69 in late trade. Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3) declined 3.28% or 0.72 points to end at 21.20 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 3.26% or 1.28 points to 37.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 230 to 170 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 1.93% to 34.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.92% or 11.50 to $1255.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.14% or 1.10 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 1.79% or 1.90 to trade at $104.05 .
USD/BRL was up 0.74% to 3.9077, while EUR/BRL rose 1.03% to 4.4594.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.547.