Investing.com – Brazil equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumption, Financials and Electric Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sao Paulo, the Bovespa lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Braskem SA (SA:BRKM5), which rose 5.28% or 1.61 points to trade at 32.10 at the close. Smiles ON (SA:SMLE3) added 4.82% or 1.99 points to end at 43.28 and Bradespar SA (SA:BRAP4) was up 3.23% or 0.50 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JBS SA (SA:JBSS3), which lost 3.83% or 0.37 points to trade at 9.28 in late trade. Marfrig Alimentos SA (SA:MRFG3) declined 3.74% or 0.24 points to end at 6.17 and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (SA:PETR3) shed 3.38% or 0.63 points to 18.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 226 to 145 and 42 ended unchanged on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Bovespa options, was down 6.95% to 39.89.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.45% or 5.35 to $1172.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.95% or 0.49 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.95% or 1.39 to trade at $144.43 .
USD/BRL was down 1.57% to 3.4230, while EUR/BRL fell 0.70% to 3.6835.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 100.14.