Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which rose 8.17% or 2.00 points to trade at 26.49 at the close. ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3) added 3.85% or 0.22 points to end at 5.94 and BR Malls Participacoes SA (SA:BRML3) was up 3.56% or 0.38 points to 11.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4), which lost 6.92% or 0.34 points to trade at 4.57 in late trade. Gerdau SA (SA:GGBR4) declined 4.63% or 0.53 points to end at 10.92 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) shed 3.73% or 1.85 points to 47.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 209 to 153 and 20 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.70% to 35.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.51% or 5.75 to $1135.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.04% or 1.04 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.04% or 0.06 to trade at $142.32 .
USD/BRL was up 0.82% to 3.3976, while EUR/BRL rose 1.04% to 3.5453.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 102.93.