Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Cyrela Brazil Realty SA (SA:CYRE3), which rose 2.46% or 0.31 points to trade at 12.91 at the close. TAESA UNT N2 (SA:TAEE11) added 2.17% or 0.45 points to end at 21.15 and Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5) was up 1.86% or 0.88 points to 48.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CEMIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais Pref (SA:CMIG4), which lost 2.82% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.90 in late trade. Natura Cosmeticos SA (SA:NATU3) declined 2.73% or 0.87 points to end at 31.00 and BRF SA (SA:BRFS3) shed 2.04% or 0.84 points to 40.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 206 to 177 and 40 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 1.81% to 33.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 4.16 to $1288.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.64% or 0.95 to hit $58.97 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract rose 0.17% or 0.22 to trade at $127.22 .
USD/BRL was up 0.37% to 3.2338, while EUR/BRL rose 1.02% to 3.8571.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 92.72.