Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Consumption and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were CCR SA (SA:CCRO3), which rose 4.36% or 0.47 points to trade at 11.26 at the close. Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (SA:SUZB3) added 3.27% or 1.30 points to end at 41.11 and Vale SA (SA:VALE3) was up 1.81% or 0.88 points to 49.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Multiplan SA (SA:MULT3), which lost 66.80% or 39.74 points to trade at 19.75 in late trade. Tim Participacoes SA (SA:TIMP3) declined 3.80% or 0.50 points to end at 12.65 and Cosan SA Industria e Comercio (SA:CSAN3) shed 3.77% or 1.49 points to 38.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 189 and 36 ended unchanged on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was up 3.29% to 33.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.52% or 6.40 to $1224.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.66% or 0.45 to hit $67.81 a barrel, while the September US coffee C contract rose 0.63% or 0.70 to trade at $111.67 .
USD/BRL was up 0.28% to 3.7834, while EUR/BRL rose 0.07% to 4.4251.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.41.