Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Public Utilities and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3), which rose 10.20% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.540 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 3.12% or 0.320 points to end at 10.570 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) was up 3.05% or 0.16 points to 5.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3), which lost 3.56% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.40 in late trade. ALL America Latina Logistica SA (SA:RUMO3) declined 2.98% or 0.05 points to end at 1.63 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) shed 2.53% or 1.13 points to 43.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 149 to 123 and 9 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.41% to 34.16.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.67% or 8.10 to $1195.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $57.80 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.27% or 0.38 to trade at $141.78 .
USD/BRL was down 0.26% to 3.0328, while EUR/BRL fell 0.89% to 3.2561.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 98.16.