Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3), which rose 7.13% or 2.87 points to trade at 43.15 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB5) added 5.15% or 0.92 points to end at 18.77 and Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3) was up 4.03% or 1.19 points to 30.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which lost 4.77% or 0.38 points to trade at 7.59 in late trade. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) declined 3.03% or 0.20 points to end at 6.39 and Gerdau SA Pref (SA:GGBR4) shed 2.69% or 0.30 points to 10.86.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 192 to 183 and 32 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.66% to 31.88.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.62 to $1290.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.05% or 0.55 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 0.66% or 0.85 to trade at $128.47 .
USD/BRL was down 0.32% to 3.1834, while EUR/BRL rose 0.02% to 3.7517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.99.