Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumption and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3), which rose 2.24% or 1.01 points to trade at 46.04 at the close. WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3) added 1.44% or 0.77 points to end at 54.20 and Ambev SA (BVMF:ABEV3) was up 0.54% or 0.07 points to 13.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cvc Brasil ON (BVMF:CVCB3), which lost 7.39% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.13 in late trade. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (BVMF:MRVE3) declined 5.42% or 0.41 points to end at 7.16 and Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:MGLU3) shed 4.84% or 0.67 points to 13.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 495 to 444 and 53 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 5.47% to 25.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.09% or 27.80 to $2,519.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.40% or 1.01 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 2.68% or 6.67 to trade at $242.58 .
USD/BRL was up 1.71% to 5.58, while EUR/BRL rose 1.58% to 6.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 101.42.