Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (SA:USIM5), which rose 4.45% or 0.43 points to trade at 10.09 at the close. Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) added 3.15% or 0.75 points to end at 24.59 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) was up 2.88% or 0.78 points to 27.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA (SA:MRVE3), which lost 4.26% or 0.61 points to trade at 13.70 in late trade. Kroton Educacional SA (SA:KROT3) declined 3.17% or 0.62 points to end at 18.93 and Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3) shed 3.03% or 0.42 points to 13.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 195 to 169 and 32 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.26% to 28.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 9.15 to $1292.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.25% or 0.65 to hit $51.39 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract rose 2.14% or 2.66 to trade at $126.83 .
USD/BRL was down 0.01% to 3.1668, while EUR/BRL fell 0.09% to 3.7512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.00.