Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 3.00% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which rose 1.94% or 0.45 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Telefonica Brasil SA (SA:VIVT4) added 0.96% or 0.43 points to end at 45.43 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 75.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3), which lost 12.77% or 6.67 points to trade at 45.58 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 9.13% or 1.96 points to end at 19.50 and B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) shed 7.59% or 1.89 points to 23.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 120 and 22 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 25.05% to 38.94 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1301.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.78% or 1.15 to hit $65.88 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract fell 1.86% or 2.20 to trade at $116.08 .
USD/BRL was up 1.76% to 3.9224, while EUR/BRL rose 2.03% to 4.6305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.42.