Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumption, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 1.06% or 0.09 points to trade at 8.61 at the close. Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) added 1.00% or 0.12 points to end at 12.10 and TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) was up 0.64% or 0.13 points to 20.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3), which lost 6.22% or 0.76 points to trade at 11.45 in late trade. Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) declined 5.40% or 4.00 points to end at 70.05 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) shed 4.60% or 1.98 points to 41.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 129 and 32 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 1.55% to 33.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.25 to $1276.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.99% or 1.25 to trade at $127.47 .
USD/BRL was up 0.83% to 3.2788, while EUR/BRL rose 1.07% to 3.8259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.27.