Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Electric Power and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Lojas Renner SA (SA:LREN3), which rose 5.00% or 5.22 points to trade at 109.72 at the close. Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) added 3.40% or 0.70 points to end at 21.30 and Marcopolo SA (SA:POMO4) was up 3.15% or 0.09 points to 2.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3), which lost 12.50% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.420 in late trade. Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) declined 10.04% or 0.70 points to end at 6.27 and Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3) shed 7.73% or 0.70 points to 8.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 176 to 102 and 8 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.18% to 32.67.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.62% or 7.40 to $1182.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.45% or 2.10 to hit $58.83 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 1.54% or 2.00 to trade at $131.68 .
USD/BRL was down 0.20% to 3.0276, while EUR/BRL fell 0.89% to 3.4117.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 94.73.