Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Magazine Luiza SA (BVMF:MGLU3), which rose 6.85% or 0.74 points to trade at 11.54 at the close. Ez Tec SA (BVMF:EZTC3) added 5.75% or 0.75 points to end at 13.80 and Grupo Vamos SA (BVMF:VAMO3) was up 5.55% or 0.47 points to 8.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (BVMF:EMBR3), which lost 6.71% or 2.82 points to trade at 39.20 in late trade. WEG SA (BVMF:WEGE3) declined 5.49% or 2.90 points to end at 49.94 and Braskem SA (BVMF:BRKM5) shed 4.30% or 0.74 points to 16.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 565 to 384 and 61 ended unchanged on the B3 Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.38% to 25.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 1.15 to $2,479.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.95% or 2.25 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 1.21% or 2.75 to trade at $230.00 .
USD/BRL was down 0.45% to 5.72, while EUR/BRL rose 0.67% to 6.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.14% at 103.01.