Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4), which rose 5.05% or 0.53 points to trade at 11.03 at the close. Companhia Brasileira deDistribuicao (SA:PCAR4) added 3.96% or 3.21 points to end at 84.20 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) was up 3.80% or 0.81 points to 22.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which lost 5.22% or 0.70 points to trade at 12.71 in late trade. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) declined 3.95% or 0.50 points to end at 12.15 and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5) shed 2.75% or 0.23 points to 8.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 221 to 195 and 34 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 0.26% to 45.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.80 to $1212.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.93% or 0.66 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 3.04% or 2.93 to trade at $99.38 .
USD/BRL was down 1.29% to 4.0742, while EUR/BRL fell 0.38% to 4.7978.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 93.47.