Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Electric Power and Public Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which rose 3.87% or 0.32 points to trade at 8.59 at the close. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) added 2.37% or 0.45 points to end at 19.45 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) was up 2.29% or 0.50 points to 22.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4), which lost 4.07% or 1.09 points to trade at 25.70 in late trade. Vale SA (SA:VALE3) declined 3.31% or 1.15 points to end at 33.62 and Metalurgica Gerdau SA (SA:GOAU4) shed 2.54% or 0.15 points to 5.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 211 to 188 and 23 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.38% to 29.17 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.39% or 5.18 to $1333.18 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.85% or 0.42 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 0.12% or 0.17 to trade at $137.82 .
USD/BRL was down 0.61% to 3.1159, while EUR/BRL fell 0.39% to 3.7116.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 92.09.