Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 2.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3), which rose 5.16% or 1.78 points to trade at 36.25 at the close. Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) added 3.58% or 1.85 points to end at 53.50 and Raia Drogasil SA (SA:RADL3) was up 1.71% or 1.11 points to 66.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vale SA (SA:VALE3), which lost 3.91% or 2.30 points to trade at 56.50 in late trade. Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) declined 3.96% or 0.31 points to end at 7.51 and Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) shed 3.88% or 0.54 points to 13.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 190 and 37 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 5.78% to 41.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1229.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.51% or 1.05 to hit $68.70 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.25% or 0.30 to trade at $122.05 .
USD/BRL was up 0.85% to 3.7194, while EUR/BRL rose 0.49% to 4.2622.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 95.69.