Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Real Estate and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Log Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA (SA:LOGG3), which rose 12.46% or 2.18 points to trade at 19.67 at the close. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA Pref (SA:GOLL4) added 6.88% or 1.60 points to end at 24.85 and Hypermarcas SA (SA:HYPE3) was up 6.73% or 2.08 points to 32.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3), which lost 3.43% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.71 in late trade. B2W Cia Digital (SA:BTOW3) declined 3.05% or 1.42 points to end at 45.08 and Cvc Brasil ON (SA:CVCB3) shed 2.18% or 1.31 points to 58.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 243 to 219 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 3.66% to 30.76 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.30 to $1287.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.58% or 0.83 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.34% or 0.35 to trade at $103.90 .
USD/BRL was up 0.03% to 3.7115, while EUR/BRL fell 0.28% to 4.2545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.280.