Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Light SA (SA:LIGT3), which rose 3.78% or 0.68 points to trade at 18.68 at the close. PDG Realty SA (SA:PDGR3) added 2.33% or 0.010 points to end at 0.440 and Cia Hering (SA:HGTX3) was up 1.90% or 0.25 points to 13.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (SA:GOLL4), which lost 5.39% or 0.45 points to trade at 7.90 in late trade. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 4.89% or 1.04 points to end at 20.24 and Vale SA (SA:VALE5) shed 4.55% or 0.81 points to 16.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 181 to 94 and 8 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.98% to 29.41.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1224.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 2.74% or 3.80 to trade at $142.62 .
USD/BRL was up 0.53% to 3.0126, while EUR/BRL fell 0.64% to 3.4085.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.00% at 94.22.