Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3), which rose 5.26% or 0.71 points to trade at 14.21 at the close. Lojas Americanas SA (SA:LAME4) added 3.15% or 0.60 points to end at 19.64 and Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) was up 3.05% or 2.96 points to 99.87 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3), which lost 5.60% or 1.88 points to trade at 31.72 in late trade. MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3) declined 2.28% or 0.34 points to end at 14.60 and Fleury SA (SA:FLRY3) shed 2.20% or 0.60 points to 26.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 238 to 211 and 30 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.33% to 27.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.93% or 12.40 to $1325.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $68.91 a barrel, while the July US coffee C contract rose 0.88% or 1.03 to trade at $118.58 .
USD/BRL was up 1.02% to 3.4483, while EUR/BRL rose 0.35% to 4.2095.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.69% at 90.70.