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 lost 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Bovespa were Fibria Celulose SA (SA:FIBR3), which rose 5.23% or 2.75 points to trade at 55.35 at the close. Magazine Luiza SA (SA:MGLU3) added 2.17% or 1.80 points to end at 84.60 and Cia Paranaense de Energia (SA:CPLE6) was up 1.66% or 0.40 points to 24.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BB Seguridade Participacoes SA (SA:BBSE3), which lost 4.00% or 1.30 points to trade at 31.20 in late trade. Qualicorp SA (SA:QUAL3) declined 3.63% or 1.23 points to end at 32.67 and WEG SA (SA:WEGE3) shed 3.20% or 0.80 points to 24.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 233 to 221 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 5.27% to 29.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 12.00 to $1340.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the March US coffee C contract fell 0.40% or 0.50 to trade at $124.72 .
USD/BRL was up 0.21% to 3.1576, while EUR/BRL fell 0.06% to 3.9115.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 89.16.