Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate and Consumption sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa fell 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were CPFL Energia SA (SA:CPFE3), which rose 4.07% or 0.90 points to trade at 23.00 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 3.66% or 1.73 points to end at 49.04 and Ultrapar Participacoes SA (SA:UGPA3) was up 3.28% or 1.35 points to 42.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (SA:ELET6), which lost 3.31% or 0.60 points to trade at 17.50 in late trade. Viavarejo Unt (SA:VVAR11) declined 3.25% or 0.55 points to end at 16.35 and Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) shed 3.15% or 4.10 points to 126.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 227 to 143 and 25 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 2.63% to 46.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.22% or 2.60 to $1207.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.34 to hit $70.11 a barrel, while the December US coffee C contract fell 1.27% or 1.31 to trade at $101.47 .
USD/BRL was up 2.44% to 4.1514, while EUR/BRL rose 2.56% to 4.8231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.07.