Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 1.14% or 0.170 points to trade at 15.030 at the close. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) added 1.01% or 0.19 points to end at 18.91 and Klabin Unt (SA:KLBN11) was up 0.65% or 0.11 points to 17.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3), which lost 3.43% or 0.52 points to trade at 14.63 in late trade. JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) declined 3.11% or 0.38 points to end at 11.85 and Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3) shed 2.81% or 0.63 points to 21.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 260 to 120 and 34 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 5.93% to 34.86.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1342.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.61% or 1.16 to hit $45.64 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.96% or 1.46 to trade at $153.23 .
USD/BRL was down 0.09% to 3.2410, while EUR/BRL rose 0.13% to 3.6462.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.20.