Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumption, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (SA:CSNA3), which rose 8.73% or 0.72 points to trade at 8.97 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 6.98% or 0.45 points to end at 6.90 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) was up 6.55% or 0.11 points to 1.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oi SA (SA:OIBR3), which lost 6.12% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.92 in late trade. Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) declined 5.55% or 0.89 points to end at 15.16 and Embraer SA (SA:EMBR3) shed 5.09% or 1.13 points to 21.06.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 188 to 120 and 29 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 7.64% to 58.05 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.14% or 14.20 to $1258.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.64% or 0.65 to hit $40.37 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract rose 2.17% or 2.61 to trade at $123.08 .
USD/BRL was down 2.55% to 3.4974, while EUR/BRL fell 2.48% to 3.9892.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.00.