Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Public Utilities, Consumption and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were RUMO Logistica Operadora Multimodal SA (SA:RAIL3), which rose 3.90% or 0.51 points to trade at 13.60 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 4.08% or 1.49 points to end at 37.99 and Smiles Fidelidade SA (SA:SMLS3) was up 2.25% or 1.55 points to 70.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET3), which lost 9.17% or 2.05 points to trade at 20.30 in late trade. Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6) declined 8.17% or 2.10 points to end at 23.60 and Ambev SA (SA:ABEV3) shed 3.16% or 0.76 points to 23.27.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 158 and 37 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 2.33% to 31.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 8.50 to $1337.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.57% or 1.63 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the May US coffee C contract fell 0.17% or 0.20 to trade at $117.38 .
USD/BRL was up 0.62% to 3.3663, while EUR/BRL rose 0.97% to 4.1349.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 89.79.