Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumption, Electric Power and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3), which rose 4.97% or 6.96 points to trade at 146.99 at the close. Engie Brasil Energia SA (SA:EGIE3) added 4.51% or 1.65 points to end at 38.26 and Cielo SA (SA:CIEL3) was up 3.57% or 0.50 points to 14.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Estacio Participacoes SA (SA:ESTC3), which lost 4.04% or 1.05 points to trade at 24.95 in late trade. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) declined 4.02% or 0.30 points to end at 7.17 and JBS SA (SA:JBSS3) shed 3.92% or 0.35 points to 8.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 231 to 177 and 26 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 0.92% to 35.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.20 to $1219.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.36% or 0.24 to hit $66.70 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract fell 0.18% or 0.19 to trade at $107.53 .
USD/BRL was up 0.76% to 3.8013, while EUR/BRL rose 0.04% to 4.3826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 95.46.